1
00:00:01,120 --> 00:00:03,880
Speaker 1: Hello Marlons fans and woke up to this edition of

2
00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:09,080
Speaker 1: Big Fish Small Pod for Wednesday, December twenty eighth, twenty

3
00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:11,600
Speaker 1: twenty two. And if you aren't into the small Pod,

4
00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:13,800
Speaker 1: he would make to give you all the information about

5
00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:17,680
Speaker 1: the Marlins every single day all season long, and this

6
00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:21,880
Speaker 1: time for the off season, big Fish Small Pod tenants

7
00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:25,880
Speaker 1: or less, this is our special off season pod, and

8
00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:28,800
Speaker 1: I'm going to bring on a very special guest, mister

9
00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:31,960
Speaker 1: Alex Krutchuk. Alex, how are you feeling for this pod?

10
00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:32,959
Speaker 2: Doing good?

11
00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:36,240
Speaker 3: Daniel can't wait to get down and start talking baseball?

12
00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:37,240
Speaker 4: Not that far away.

13
00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:41,040
Speaker 3: It's what two and a half months until pitchers and

14
00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:41,800
Speaker 3: catchers report.

15
00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:43,400
Speaker 2: Yeah, I can't wait.

16
00:00:44,159 --> 00:00:46,360
Speaker 1: So for this, I want to do a little bit

17
00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:49,800
Speaker 1: special in the off season. The Marlins the time of

18
00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:53,200
Speaker 1: this recording have not signed anyone to a major league

19
00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:55,880
Speaker 1: guaranteed deal. So I wanted to go ahead and talk

20
00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:59,760
Speaker 1: a little bit about the division because every team in

21
00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:04,399
Speaker 1: this division has made moves, some big, some small, some

22
00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:10,960
Speaker 1: you could say fifty five percent going through. So let's

23
00:01:10,959 --> 00:01:14,720
Speaker 1: start with this division. Everyone's making moves. Is there a

24
00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:17,600
Speaker 1: team that's really surprising you with the moves they're making

25
00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:20,600
Speaker 1: or how do you feel about this division now that

26
00:01:20,720 --> 00:01:22,119
Speaker 1: all these signings are going through.

27
00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:25,800
Speaker 4: The thing that stands out to me is the Mets.

28
00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:28,840
Speaker 3: I think for as long as Steve Cohen is going

29
00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:31,280
Speaker 3: to be there for I think they're always going to

30
00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:35,720
Speaker 3: win the offseason in this division at least. And as

31
00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:38,080
Speaker 3: of right now, they're doing exactly what I thought they

32
00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:40,560
Speaker 3: were going to do in the sense of if they

33
00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:43,640
Speaker 3: lose one guy, that's okay because they'll just.

34
00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:44,880
Speaker 4: Get two guys back.

35
00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:49,880
Speaker 3: So they lost Jacob de Gram and for any other team.

36
00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:51,320
Speaker 4: That is a death send. It's like it's over.

37
00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:56,520
Speaker 3: You start start the tank, season, ticket to posits go

38
00:01:56,560 --> 00:01:58,160
Speaker 3: out the window, things like that.

39
00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:01,640
Speaker 4: Then they go and sign Justin Berlander.

40
00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:07,840
Speaker 3: And that guy from Japan I believe hits pronounced code

41
00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:08,720
Speaker 3: I sang yeah?

42
00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:10,000
Speaker 2: Could I sing the yeah?

43
00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:11,320
Speaker 4: Perfect?

44
00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:15,679
Speaker 3: And who's probably the best international signing that you could

45
00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:20,400
Speaker 3: have gotten this offseason. So I think the Mets have

46
00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:23,360
Speaker 3: really won this offseason because I think that was also

47
00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:25,079
Speaker 3: one of the things that they were missing last year,

48
00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:28,760
Speaker 3: was was death once or death in their starting rotation

49
00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:31,760
Speaker 3: rather because once you got past Scherzer and de Gram,

50
00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:34,800
Speaker 3: who both missed a lot of time, there there wasn't

51
00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:38,040
Speaker 3: a whole lot of a whole lot left. Now they

52
00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:41,520
Speaker 3: got like three different guys that can be aces.

53
00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:45,400
Speaker 1: Yeah, and now they're they just made a gigantic deal

54
00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:49,440
Speaker 1: with Korea after his deal fell through with the Giants,

55
00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:52,080
Speaker 1: and now reports are at this deal is only fifty

56
00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:55,840
Speaker 1: five percent might go through. Some teams are offering Korea.

57
00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:59,040
Speaker 1: What it seems like, what do you make this whole

58
00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:01,600
Speaker 1: situation about. Do you think the Mets get it done

59
00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:04,600
Speaker 1: and how does that also impact the vision going forward.

60
00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:07,400
Speaker 3: I think at the end of the day, they get

61
00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:12,639
Speaker 3: it done just because they can't afford to make that mistake.

62
00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:15,800
Speaker 3: I go back to the same theme that I just

63
00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:19,320
Speaker 3: mentioned with you know, the free agent signings and the

64
00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:23,480
Speaker 3: other acquisitions, is there's some teams that cannot afford to

65
00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:24,600
Speaker 3: miss on a player like this.

66
00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:25,799
Speaker 4: Tomorrow will be one of those.

67
00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:28,480
Speaker 3: Can't sign a player if he's not gonna play for

68
00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:31,040
Speaker 3: the Mets. Wouldn't want to sign him if he can't

69
00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:34,200
Speaker 3: play for whatever reason. But if there is a team

70
00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:38,680
Speaker 3: that can absorb that that hit, it would be the Mets.

71
00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:40,200
Speaker 4: I think this deal gets done.

72
00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:44,960
Speaker 3: I don't know exactly what's going on with Korea. Unfortunately,

73
00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:47,800
Speaker 3: with hippo rules and things like that. I don't think

74
00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:50,920
Speaker 3: we'll we'll know what's really happening for a long time,

75
00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:54,440
Speaker 3: so I can't speak too much on it, but just

76
00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:57,720
Speaker 3: based on the Mets habits over the last couple of years,

77
00:03:57,760 --> 00:04:00,800
Speaker 3: I think I think the fun.

78
00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:04,320
Speaker 1: Yeah, and another team in the vision that's making gigantic moves,

79
00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:07,360
Speaker 1: coming off a World Series appearance of the Philadelphia Phillies

80
00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:10,680
Speaker 1: signing probably the best shortstop on the market, Trade Turner

81
00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:14,680
Speaker 1: signing Taiwan Walker from the Mets, and then recently was

82
00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:18,680
Speaker 1: a few days ago signing Craig Krimble to be their closer.

83
00:04:19,080 --> 00:04:21,680
Speaker 1: How does those deals sound to you with the Phillies

84
00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:25,599
Speaker 1: also making gigantic, big splash moves, and when you also

85
00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:28,640
Speaker 1: have the Marlins making a lot of minor league deals.

86
00:04:29,839 --> 00:04:31,760
Speaker 3: Yeah, So a couple of things with the Phillies. First

87
00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:34,839
Speaker 3: of all, props to them, because I honestly thought this

88
00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:38,400
Speaker 3: was one of those weird teams where just one team

89
00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:41,719
Speaker 3: goes really deep on a magical run and they're good,

90
00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:45,320
Speaker 3: but they probably won't be back next year. They might

91
00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:48,800
Speaker 3: be back next year. They got a lot better. They

92
00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:50,160
Speaker 3: their offense got a.

93
00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:53,480
Speaker 4: Lot better break or speed as well.

94
00:04:53,880 --> 00:04:57,440
Speaker 3: They also boastered the two or I guess you could

95
00:04:57,440 --> 00:05:01,719
Speaker 3: say one part of their team that was not so

96
00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:06,520
Speaker 3: strong was their pitching. Taiwan Walker is pretty good as

97
00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:09,920
Speaker 3: a number three or number four guy, so their rotation

98
00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:13,200
Speaker 3: got just a little bit deeper. He's not a star

99
00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:15,920
Speaker 3: by any means, but he definitely makes you better. Craig

100
00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:19,760
Speaker 3: Kimberl is a little bit of a risk. Do you know, Daniel,

101
00:05:19,760 --> 00:05:21,960
Speaker 3: are they planning on making him a closer or not?

102
00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:25,080
Speaker 3: Do we know that yet because he had pretty good

103
00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:29,680
Speaker 3: numbers up until twenty nineteen, twenty twenty, and he's been

104
00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:31,200
Speaker 3: so so since then.

105
00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:35,200
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm not really that sure because I know they

106
00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:37,560
Speaker 1: also have Sir Anthony di Mingez who they really like

107
00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:41,360
Speaker 1: a lot. But also for that Kay Crimble, I think

108
00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:43,240
Speaker 1: is also a really good deal for them. Again, I

109
00:05:43,279 --> 00:05:45,719
Speaker 1: would have liked to become the Marlins, you know, just

110
00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:48,200
Speaker 1: as a one year proven deal. That's what he's getting

111
00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:49,920
Speaker 1: now with the Phillies, who can go get himself.

112
00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:52,200
Speaker 2: Maybe a possible longer deal depending on that.

113
00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:55,719
Speaker 1: But the other team I wanted to mention, I think

114
00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:58,120
Speaker 1: you just have to as probably there are the top

115
00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:00,680
Speaker 1: of the division for the last couple of years.

116
00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:01,799
Speaker 2: Or so are the Braves.

117
00:06:02,279 --> 00:06:06,360
Speaker 1: And the Braves in terms of their moves hasn't really

118
00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:09,000
Speaker 1: been just a lot exteent of one big trade, and

119
00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:13,120
Speaker 1: that is getting Sean Murphy from the Oakland A's and

120
00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:17,800
Speaker 1: also trading I believe Wilson Contreras or yeah, Wilson Coatuz,

121
00:06:17,839 --> 00:06:20,360
Speaker 1: I believe they traded him also or William one of

122
00:06:20,360 --> 00:06:24,120
Speaker 1: the Coaturraz brothers. But how do you feel about also

123
00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:27,800
Speaker 1: the Braves making these big splash moves, also getting one

124
00:06:27,839 --> 00:06:30,920
Speaker 1: of the best catchers in baseball to just strengthen that

125
00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:32,839
Speaker 1: lineup which is already.

126
00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:33,680
Speaker 2: One of the best in baseball.

127
00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:37,599
Speaker 3: And the Braves are quickly becoming the Dodgers of the East,

128
00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:42,880
Speaker 3: meaning that there's just no hole in that lineup. There's

129
00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:46,279
Speaker 3: no weak part about it. You're gonna have to face

130
00:06:46,440 --> 00:06:50,880
Speaker 3: nine hitters every night. Whoever faces them. On defense, they

131
00:06:50,880 --> 00:06:55,120
Speaker 3: are very solid. Another thing, and some names are escaping

132
00:06:55,160 --> 00:06:57,720
Speaker 3: me right now, so forgive me, but my favorite thing

133
00:06:57,760 --> 00:07:01,159
Speaker 3: that the Braves do, other than Freddy the whole Freddy

134
00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:04,200
Speaker 3: Freeman think, they seem to just re sign guys to

135
00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:07,640
Speaker 3: great team deals. I think out of all the things,

136
00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:10,000
Speaker 3: that's the thing that they do best. That they develop guys,

137
00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:14,000
Speaker 3: and then they keep them again, with Freddy Freeman as

138
00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:16,480
Speaker 3: an exception. Everyone else they seem to keep. I think

139
00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:20,600
Speaker 3: that that's what's keeping them in contention every year.

140
00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:25,760
Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, other moves that are being made within

141
00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:28,800
Speaker 1: the division. Obviously, the Nationals aren't really going to go

142
00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:31,000
Speaker 1: all out, but they are making some type of moods.

143
00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:34,280
Speaker 1: They signed Amir Gandiladio to be their third basement. They

144
00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:38,520
Speaker 1: signed I believe Trevor Williams to be typer reliever. I'm

145
00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:41,080
Speaker 1: not gonna have you go into the Nationals, but even

146
00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:43,400
Speaker 1: there are making some moves. Then let's go a little

147
00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:46,120
Speaker 1: bit and talk about the only team in this division

148
00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:50,720
Speaker 1: that haven't made any moves to Marlins. Just overall thoughts

149
00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:53,840
Speaker 1: on this free agency and do you believe anything gets done?

150
00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:56,360
Speaker 1: Before you mentioned the two three months we.

151
00:07:56,360 --> 00:07:58,120
Speaker 2: Have to pitchers and catchers reporting.

152
00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:02,960
Speaker 3: I think that realistically they're gonna get something done.

153
00:08:03,760 --> 00:08:04,320
Speaker 1: Yeah, right now.

154
00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:06,640
Speaker 3: They have spent literally zero dollars and.

155
00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:08,400
Speaker 4: Zero cents on free agency.

156
00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:12,200
Speaker 3: Uh the I don't know exactly how common that is.

157
00:08:12,280 --> 00:08:15,119
Speaker 3: I do know that the Oakland Athletics also spent zero

158
00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:20,000
Speaker 3: dollars in free agency last year. That's not really company

159
00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:24,000
Speaker 3: that you want to be in. I want to know

160
00:08:24,080 --> 00:08:26,960
Speaker 3: what your opinion is. We spoke about it a little

161
00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:30,920
Speaker 3: bit with other guys in Fish Stripes. Well, what do

162
00:08:30,960 --> 00:08:34,319
Speaker 3: you think of Alex Rays as a as an option?

163
00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:38,480
Speaker 1: I think Alex Trays could be a pretty nice option,

164
00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:42,080
Speaker 1: almost like reliever le Not really yeah, reliever role. Obviously

165
00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:44,600
Speaker 1: he's really great friends with Sandy Soil. Even then there

166
00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:47,000
Speaker 1: you only have great in terms of maybe culture, in

167
00:08:47,040 --> 00:08:49,360
Speaker 1: terms of just them getting along. You won't have any

168
00:08:49,559 --> 00:08:53,560
Speaker 1: anything crazy happening. I believe he was injured, he didn't

169
00:08:53,559 --> 00:08:56,280
Speaker 1: even play, took out the all of last season. But

170
00:08:56,320 --> 00:08:58,440
Speaker 1: when you look at back in that twenty twenty one season,

171
00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:03,720
Speaker 1: just an incredible year three era saving we'll see here

172
00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:06,719
Speaker 1: saving almost thirty games and seventy two winnings. So that's

173
00:09:06,679 --> 00:09:08,199
Speaker 1: what You're gonna get a lot of great things when

174
00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:10,840
Speaker 1: you get alexres. It's just depending on the Marlins what

175
00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:13,080
Speaker 1: they want to do to get him. Are they gonna

176
00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:15,439
Speaker 1: make a move to get him again. It's always difficult

177
00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:17,880
Speaker 1: when you have a guy coming off injury and you

178
00:09:17,960 --> 00:09:20,160
Speaker 1: have to decide how much you want to give him.

179
00:09:20,280 --> 00:09:23,679
Speaker 1: But if they can give him anywhere, it's gonna be difficult.

180
00:09:23,720 --> 00:09:26,360
Speaker 1: Maybe five mil, maybe I don't know. Maybe you throw

181
00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:30,440
Speaker 1: him a nice player option club option there for a

182
00:09:30,520 --> 00:09:34,800
Speaker 1: second year. But if it hasn't happened already, it's gonna

183
00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:37,400
Speaker 1: be difficult to even think when it will happen, just

184
00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:40,920
Speaker 1: because the Marlins haven't made any moves at all, if

185
00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:44,720
Speaker 1: you know, beside minor league deals like Garrett Hampson and

186
00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:47,760
Speaker 1: Chichi Gonzales. But it's gonna be really difficult. I hope

187
00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:50,800
Speaker 1: you get Alex Rays because I would really boost the

188
00:09:50,840 --> 00:09:54,199
Speaker 1: bullpen and Marlins really do need a boost. They're having

189
00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:57,480
Speaker 1: lot losing out and Cole Solcer and he meant we

190
00:09:57,520 --> 00:09:59,920
Speaker 1: mentioned Ken Crimble and all those guys and who shaf

191
00:10:00,559 --> 00:10:03,560
Speaker 1: guys Margins could have had, and some that the Marlins

192
00:10:03,760 --> 00:10:06,400
Speaker 1: let go of, but they really need to strengthenple. But

193
00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:11,079
Speaker 1: they get Alex Ray's and he's even close seventy to

194
00:10:11,160 --> 00:10:13,360
Speaker 1: what he was in twenty twenty one, then it's gonna

195
00:10:13,400 --> 00:10:15,560
Speaker 1: be a good deal. And then always, if the Markings

196
00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:18,120
Speaker 1: want to, they could always flip him if they feel

197
00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:20,040
Speaker 1: like that's in their cards and they feel like they

198
00:10:20,040 --> 00:10:23,200
Speaker 1: can get more from training him than keeping him. But

199
00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:25,760
Speaker 1: I think it will be a really great deal, but

200
00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:28,040
Speaker 1: it trade depends on the front office if that's what

201
00:10:28,040 --> 00:10:30,040
Speaker 1: they're gonna do, and how much they're willing to spend

202
00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:34,480
Speaker 1: on a guy coming off a season long injury exactly.

203
00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:37,600
Speaker 3: And my thing with Reyes is, you know, what do

204
00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:39,360
Speaker 3: you have to lose if you're the Marlins. It's not

205
00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:42,959
Speaker 3: a great bullpen. You have some good arms in there,

206
00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:44,240
Speaker 3: but no one's really a closer.

207
00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:45,120
Speaker 4: No one's even.

208
00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:47,079
Speaker 3: Really a set up guy. I think ye I got

209
00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:49,880
Speaker 3: some guys that could be a set up guy. But

210
00:10:50,559 --> 00:10:54,319
Speaker 3: if you sign Rays, I don't think he's taking anyone's

211
00:10:54,480 --> 00:10:58,880
Speaker 3: job unfairly, you know. But I do agree that if

212
00:10:58,920 --> 00:11:01,680
Speaker 3: if it hasn't happened by now, maybe it won't happen.

213
00:11:01,760 --> 00:11:02,520
Speaker 4: But we'll see.

214
00:11:02,559 --> 00:11:05,920
Speaker 3: Hopefully they get someone, just so we have something to

215
00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:10,160
Speaker 3: talk about, something to to delude us into thinking that

216
00:11:10,280 --> 00:11:11,920
Speaker 3: maybe they'll be a little bit better.

217
00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:16,559
Speaker 1: Yeah, I wanted to go back. We mentioned the division,

218
00:11:16,679 --> 00:11:19,840
Speaker 1: Just how do you see this division also going like

219
00:11:20,320 --> 00:11:23,240
Speaker 1: it's gonna be ended up playing out? Because again, you

220
00:11:23,280 --> 00:11:26,520
Speaker 1: have Verliner, surz Er those guys. But how do you

221
00:11:26,520 --> 00:11:29,480
Speaker 1: feel like this this season will play out for the Marlins?

222
00:11:29,520 --> 00:11:32,200
Speaker 1: You think they even have a shot at the division. Now,

223
00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:35,640
Speaker 1: looking at you know, the the Mets playing half half

224
00:11:35,679 --> 00:11:39,960
Speaker 1: a billion dollars I believe in total payroll and luxury tax.

225
00:11:40,320 --> 00:11:42,160
Speaker 1: Just how do you see this playing out when the

226
00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:42,840
Speaker 1: game starts.

227
00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:46,920
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think that the Marlins will be competing for

228
00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:47,880
Speaker 3: fourth place again.

229
00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:49,920
Speaker 4: I think there'll be two races.

230
00:11:49,960 --> 00:11:53,560
Speaker 3: I think that'll it'll be Marlins versus Nationals for not

231
00:11:53,760 --> 00:11:56,520
Speaker 3: being in last place. And then I think you'll have

232
00:11:56,600 --> 00:12:00,000
Speaker 3: the Phillies, Braves and Nets rising to the top. I think,

233
00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:02,320
Speaker 3: as long as injuries don't get in the way, I

234
00:12:02,320 --> 00:12:05,600
Speaker 3: think the Mets take the division. I think they're a

235
00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:09,920
Speaker 3: great team. I think them and the Braves are both

236
00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:13,440
Speaker 3: the deepest, so it's kind of a toss up there.

237
00:12:13,880 --> 00:12:17,960
Speaker 3: I am worried, of course, about the health of the Mets.

238
00:12:18,880 --> 00:12:21,400
Speaker 3: Weird stuff always seems to happen to one or two

239
00:12:21,520 --> 00:12:22,480
Speaker 3: hitters on their team.

240
00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:25,880
Speaker 4: Then you have the.

241
00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:27,320
Speaker 3: Fact that Verlander's is getting up there with age. I

242
00:12:27,360 --> 00:12:31,760
Speaker 3: believe he's forty now. And then you know Shars are

243
00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:33,800
Speaker 3: missed time last year and he's also getting up there

244
00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:36,280
Speaker 3: with age. They can stay away from injuries, I think

245
00:12:36,280 --> 00:12:39,480
Speaker 3: that the Mets will take it, But injuries are always

246
00:12:39,520 --> 00:12:42,320
Speaker 3: a thing that you do have to take into account,

247
00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:44,520
Speaker 3: especially with a team that has a history of injuries.

248
00:12:45,480 --> 00:12:47,160
Speaker 3: So if I had to choose right now now that

249
00:12:47,160 --> 00:12:49,760
Speaker 3: I'm talking myself through, it, probably the Braves top.

250
00:12:51,559 --> 00:12:56,240
Speaker 1: And let me leave you with this one last question. Obviously, Marlins,

251
00:12:56,320 --> 00:12:59,080
Speaker 1: do they make a move? What's your prediction one move

252
00:12:59,160 --> 00:13:03,040
Speaker 1: that they may be, a trade, a signing. What's the

253
00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:05,800
Speaker 1: one big move that people look at like at this

254
00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:07,719
Speaker 1: free agency for the Marlins.

255
00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:10,000
Speaker 3: If I had to take a guess, and this is

256
00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:13,400
Speaker 3: based on no information I've given, but just based on

257
00:13:13,920 --> 00:13:16,680
Speaker 3: a combination of what I would do and based on

258
00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:22,960
Speaker 3: things that already almost happened last season, I think that

259
00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:25,640
Speaker 3: if there is a trade made, it'll involve either Pablo

260
00:13:25,679 --> 00:13:30,439
Speaker 3: Lopez or Trevor Rodgers. One of those two guys hopefully

261
00:13:30,440 --> 00:13:34,360
Speaker 3: involves Brian Reynolds. But I feel like, you know, kind

262
00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:36,360
Speaker 3: of the same thing with alg Raism. It hasn't happened yet,

263
00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:38,400
Speaker 3: maybe it won't happen. I do think that there's been

264
00:13:38,440 --> 00:13:41,360
Speaker 3: a couple of reports linking Brian Reynolds to the Yankees.

265
00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:45,800
Speaker 3: I do happen to think that that might be. This

266
00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:47,960
Speaker 3: is just me putting on my tinfoil hat. I do

267
00:13:48,080 --> 00:13:51,600
Speaker 3: think that that is the Pirates using the Yankees as

268
00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:54,920
Speaker 3: a pawn while negotiating with the Marlins.

269
00:13:55,800 --> 00:13:57,679
Speaker 2: Well hopefully maybe that comes true.

270
00:13:57,720 --> 00:14:00,480
Speaker 1: Brian Reynolds coming to Miami new set alarating center fielder.

271
00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:03,080
Speaker 1: But that's gonna do it for this small pod again,

272
00:14:03,640 --> 00:14:07,080
Speaker 1: just a quick podcast here, Big Fish, Small Pod. Alex.

273
00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:08,920
Speaker 1: I want to thank you so much for for taking

274
00:14:08,920 --> 00:14:10,599
Speaker 1: time out of your night and joining me on the

275
00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:11,120
Speaker 1: small Pod.

276
00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:12,640
Speaker 4: Thank you for having me

277
00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:16,320
Speaker 3: Hm