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Speaker 1: Hello, it's Eli Sussman, managing editor at Fish Stripes. Appreciate

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Speaker 1: you tuning into episode forty two of Fish Bites here

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Speaker 1: on the Fish Stripes podcast as we cover every inch

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Speaker 1: of the Miami Marlins organization. We are in an awkward

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Speaker 1: phase of the MLB offseason during which there are hardly

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Speaker 1: The postseason is going on for the final four teams

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Speaker 1: competing for the twenty nineteen World Series, and the Marlins

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Speaker 1: really can't do a whole lot of business until after

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Speaker 1: the season ends and the World Series and players become

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Speaker 1: free agents and the roster situations open up. We're still

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Speaker 1: big splashes, whether it's in free agency or trades, or

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Speaker 1: content if you're wondering what has been going on with

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Speaker 1: the Marlins in recent days and weeks. First off is

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Speaker 1: the major League coaching staff shakeup. In some respects, there

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Speaker 1: are now four open positions on Don Maddingley's staff. Maddingly,

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Speaker 1: of course, is coming back he was extended, but a

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Speaker 1: the former Marlins manager and Braves manager, he is looking

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Speaker 1: That's reporting from Craig Misch. The team has not confirmed

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Speaker 1: any of this. In fact, if you go to Marlins

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Speaker 1: that's a little bit awkward. And hopefully it gets cleaned

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Speaker 1: speaking specifically about mel Stotomeyer Junior. That is the biggest

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Speaker 1: of these decisions. I'd say, a guy that made a

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Speaker 1: You guys remember, especially during the middle of the year,

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Speaker 1: Outside of the coaching, there are Marlins that are still

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Speaker 1: there are seven prospects competing. We're gonna be talking about

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Speaker 1: and one third s innings pitched so quietly spent most

433
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Speaker 1: of this year on the Marlins active roster. I'll be honest,

434
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Speaker 1: there were times during the year where I had to

435
00:23:17,119 --> 00:23:19,080
Speaker 1: double check that he was still active and on the

436
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Speaker 1: team because he wasn't used very heavily at all by

437
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Speaker 1: Don Mattingly out of the pen. It was only late

438
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Speaker 1: in the year that he got opportunities in some medium

439
00:23:26,440 --> 00:23:31,040
Speaker 1: and high leverage situations. Good strikeout stuff, good fastball velocity,

440
00:23:32,119 --> 00:23:36,080
Speaker 1: bad control. Multiple times he forced in runs with the

441
00:23:36,119 --> 00:23:38,399
Speaker 1: bases loaded. I've already mentioned that that's one of my

442
00:23:38,560 --> 00:23:42,160
Speaker 1: pet peeves from any pitcher already in his late twenties.

443
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Speaker 1: Not sure how much better he's going to get than

444
00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:48,120
Speaker 1: he is right now, but in a depleted bullpen down

445
00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:50,960
Speaker 1: the stretch, he certainly stood out as a guy that

446
00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:54,160
Speaker 1: could get outs in different situations, both right handers and

447
00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:56,720
Speaker 1: left handers. At one time he was a Rule five

448
00:23:56,800 --> 00:23:59,280
Speaker 1: draft pick of the Twins, but they decided they did

449
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Speaker 1: not want to keep him after he struggled early in

450
00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:04,879
Speaker 1: the year, the Marlins sent him to Triple A. Not

451
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Speaker 1: a whole lot else to say about ken Lee. We'll

452
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Speaker 1: see what he looks like in spring training. Pablo Lopez

453
00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:14,280
Speaker 1: five point nine ERA four point two eight, fifth in

454
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Speaker 1: one hundred and eleven and one thirds innings pitched somewhat

455
00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:21,040
Speaker 1: of a disappointing year from Pablo. I in particular, came

456
00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:23,359
Speaker 1: into the year thinking he could be the best pitcher

457
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Speaker 1: in the Marlins rotation at the time, and he really wasn't.

458
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Speaker 1: He had a nice stretch relatively early in the year,

459
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Speaker 1: especially in May, where you could see him using all

460
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Speaker 1: of his different pitches fastball, breaking ball, change up, the

461
00:24:38,320 --> 00:24:42,520
Speaker 1: changeup really emerged as possibly his best pitch overall, and

462
00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:44,760
Speaker 1: the velocity on his fastball was a little bit higher

463
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Speaker 1: than had been seen in previous years as a prospect.

464
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Speaker 1: In then as a rookie in twenty eighteen, he was

465
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Speaker 1: just really inconsistent. He had one of the most demoralizing

466
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Speaker 1: starts of any Marlins pitcher this year. Remember when he

467
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Speaker 1: gave up what ten runs against the Mets in New

468
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Speaker 1: York at City Field. He missed a lot of time

469
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Speaker 1: during the middle of the year with a shoulder injury.

470
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Speaker 1: The injury durability question is a big one for him.

471
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Speaker 1: He's had injuries as a minor leaguer Tommy John surgery

472
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Speaker 1: back in the day, missed time with some souldier concerns

473
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Speaker 1: in twenty eighteen as well. So that's one point evidence

474
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Speaker 1: that people point to that he may need to be

475
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Speaker 1: used in a limited role, even as a relief role,

476
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Speaker 1: in order to avoid these injuries. I still think there's

477
00:25:27,520 --> 00:25:29,439
Speaker 1: a lot of hope for him to be an impact

478
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Speaker 1: player in the rotation. He'll be just entering his age

479
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Speaker 1: twenty four season. He is a guy that we've already

480
00:25:35,040 --> 00:25:39,440
Speaker 1: know is very cerebral. He's someone that has very repeatable

481
00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:43,480
Speaker 1: mechanics and knows how to throw strikes. He just wasn't

482
00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:46,920
Speaker 1: consistent enough this year, and I think the miss time

483
00:25:47,320 --> 00:25:49,400
Speaker 1: was a big disappointment. He wanted to see him work

484
00:25:49,480 --> 00:25:52,080
Speaker 1: through those lumps and make adjustments because he's the type

485
00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:54,560
Speaker 1: of guy that will make his own adjustments and take

486
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Speaker 1: full advantage of someone like Melstdomeiter Junior that's a very

487
00:25:58,359 --> 00:26:01,320
Speaker 1: quality pitching coach. This is a pretty pivotal year for

488
00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:04,280
Speaker 1: him in twenty twenty to really establish himself before this

489
00:26:04,680 --> 00:26:07,639
Speaker 1: next wave of interesting starting pitchers comes up through the

490
00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:12,399
Speaker 1: Marlins system. Mid season edition. Ryan Stannik five point four

491
00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:15,760
Speaker 1: to eight ERA five p. Seventy fifth in twenty one

492
00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:18,600
Speaker 1: and one thirds endings pitched with the Marlins. Traded over

493
00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:21,720
Speaker 1: for the Rays right before the trade deadline in exchange

494
00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:25,320
Speaker 1: for Trevor Richards and Nick Anderson and joining Stanek in

495
00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:29,359
Speaker 1: that deal was super outfield prospect. Heyes, sue Sanchez, but

496
00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:32,080
Speaker 1: Stanik was supposed to be a significant piece in that deal.

497
00:26:32,359 --> 00:26:34,800
Speaker 1: He had a lot of success as a quote opener

498
00:26:35,080 --> 00:26:38,359
Speaker 1: for the Rays over the previous two years. The Marlins

499
00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:41,560
Speaker 1: did not indulge in any of that practice in twenty nineteen.

500
00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:44,840
Speaker 1: Didn't really give it a try whatsoever, kept a pretty

501
00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:48,480
Speaker 1: traditional rotation, and that meant Stanik was pitching in late ending,

502
00:26:48,560 --> 00:26:52,440
Speaker 1: high leverage situations and it was almost comical like how

503
00:26:52,520 --> 00:26:56,040
Speaker 1: much he struggled during, especially the month of August, his

504
00:26:56,080 --> 00:26:59,560
Speaker 1: first with the Marlins organization. Don Mattingly put him in

505
00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:04,520
Speaker 1: the most difficult situations possible, tie games with inherited runners,

506
00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:07,880
Speaker 1: sometimes just a one run lead on the road, and

507
00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:10,680
Speaker 1: stank in the month of August. Was one of the

508
00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:13,280
Speaker 1: worst relief pitchers in all of baseball as a guy

509
00:27:13,359 --> 00:27:16,679
Speaker 1: that had a career earned or an average in the

510
00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:20,000
Speaker 1: low threes, as a member of the Rais organization, who

511
00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:23,919
Speaker 1: has very high quality stuff, a high nineties fastball, a

512
00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:27,320
Speaker 1: nasty splitter. These were situations that for the most part,

513
00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:30,200
Speaker 1: he was not familiar with at the major leagues, pitching

514
00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:34,679
Speaker 1: in the later innings inheriting runners like that, and he struggled.

515
00:27:34,960 --> 00:27:38,439
Speaker 1: He really righted the ship later in the year. The

516
00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:42,000
Speaker 1: splitter looked much better during his last few appearances, and

517
00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:46,120
Speaker 1: the results reflected that he's under control for about four

518
00:27:46,119 --> 00:27:49,639
Speaker 1: more years. Through his late twenties and early thirties, the

519
00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:51,880
Speaker 1: stuff did not have a drop off much at all

520
00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:54,639
Speaker 1: from when he had as a member of the race organization,

521
00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:57,399
Speaker 1: so you think it will just be getting used to

522
00:27:57,400 --> 00:28:01,560
Speaker 1: a new system now that Mattingly's coming back. Just really

523
00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:05,640
Speaker 1: questionable use of him initially when he was acquired from

524
00:28:05,680 --> 00:28:09,520
Speaker 1: the Tampa Bay organization, but really, more so than anybody

525
00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:11,919
Speaker 1: else that we've mentioned so far, he seems to be

526
00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:15,159
Speaker 1: a lock to make the Marlins bullpen coming out of

527
00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:19,679
Speaker 1: opening Day. Don't forget about Drew Steckenrider six point two

528
00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:24,600
Speaker 1: eight eer a seven point nine to six fIF yikes

529
00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:27,840
Speaker 1: in fourteen and one thirds endings pitched. When he was

530
00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:30,680
Speaker 1: on the mound this season, he clearly was not himself.

531
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Speaker 1: After showing a lot of promise in twenty eighteen, he

532
00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:35,879
Speaker 1: looked like someone that really fit the prototype that you

533
00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:38,400
Speaker 1: look for in a powerful late ending arm, the high

534
00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:41,120
Speaker 1: nineties fastball that he uses up in the zone, the

535
00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:45,440
Speaker 1: nasty slider. But medically he just was not fully healthy

536
00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:47,880
Speaker 1: this year. Very early in the year, he went on

537
00:28:47,920 --> 00:28:51,960
Speaker 1: the injured list with an elbow injury, and thankfully he

538
00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:54,720
Speaker 1: dodged a bullet for the time being where he's not

539
00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:57,960
Speaker 1: going to undergo any type of Tommy John surgery. He's

540
00:28:58,040 --> 00:29:00,000
Speaker 1: expected to be ready for the start of spring training

541
00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:02,280
Speaker 1: after sitting out the majority of the year with that

542
00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:05,800
Speaker 1: elbow injury. But you just don't know if he faces

543
00:29:05,840 --> 00:29:08,560
Speaker 1: a further setback in that rehab, whether all of his

544
00:29:08,680 --> 00:29:12,600
Speaker 1: velocity is going to come back. Really upsetting that they

545
00:29:12,680 --> 00:29:15,560
Speaker 1: lost in the way he did entering twenty nineteen, if

546
00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:17,200
Speaker 1: there was any pipe dream that the Marlins would have

547
00:29:17,240 --> 00:29:19,880
Speaker 1: a respectable bullpen, a big factor, and that was him

548
00:29:19,960 --> 00:29:23,840
Speaker 1: taking a step forward and instead just the opposite. So

549
00:29:23,920 --> 00:29:26,280
Speaker 1: he's looking for a big bounce back, and if he does,

550
00:29:26,360 --> 00:29:28,920
Speaker 1: he has as much potential as pretty much any of

551
00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:32,960
Speaker 1: the other relievers that we've already discussed. Another wild card,

552
00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:37,000
Speaker 1: Jose Urania five point two to one er four point

553
00:29:37,040 --> 00:29:40,240
Speaker 1: seventy four five in eighty four and two thirds endings

554
00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:43,520
Speaker 1: pitched middle of the season, came down with that back injury.

555
00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:46,040
Speaker 1: So that was a good excuse, you could say, for

556
00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:49,280
Speaker 1: the Marlins to transition him from a starter to a reliever.

557
00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:52,360
Speaker 1: He never had great swing and miss stuff as a starter,

558
00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:54,840
Speaker 1: and it was always a head scratcher considering the pure

559
00:29:54,840 --> 00:29:56,880
Speaker 1: stuff that he has should be able to do that.

560
00:29:57,400 --> 00:29:59,600
Speaker 1: It came back as a reliever as a September call up,

561
00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:02,280
Speaker 1: and they used him in a closer's role, where he

562
00:30:02,320 --> 00:30:05,200
Speaker 1: converted a couple saves but also blew a couple in

563
00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:08,400
Speaker 1: very ugly fashion. Velocity did perk up when he went

564
00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:11,240
Speaker 1: to the pen as much as ninety nine miles per

565
00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:13,800
Speaker 1: hour on the fastball, but still not the swings and

566
00:30:13,800 --> 00:30:17,880
Speaker 1: missus you're looking for too much hard contact. It's a

567
00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:20,600
Speaker 1: big question whether or not he actually is retained through

568
00:30:20,640 --> 00:30:23,920
Speaker 1: the off season because the financials are a big complicating factor.

569
00:30:24,400 --> 00:30:28,959
Speaker 1: He's already was arbitration eligible the previous year, and despite

570
00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:32,200
Speaker 1: the mediocrity this year, he is due a rays by

571
00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:34,720
Speaker 1: virtue of being healthy for half the season and racking

572
00:30:34,760 --> 00:30:37,560
Speaker 1: up those innings into the high three millions a very

573
00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:40,680
Speaker 1: low four millions dollar range. He will be the most

574
00:30:40,720 --> 00:30:43,840
Speaker 1: expensive pitcher that we've mentioned so far for the Marlins,

575
00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:47,400
Speaker 1: someone that, aside from this recent back injury, had a

576
00:30:47,440 --> 00:30:51,040
Speaker 1: track record of being pretty durable, and if they did

577
00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:54,760
Speaker 1: trade him, they'd be trading pretty low on urania. So

578
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Speaker 1: the most likely scenario is that he reports the spring

579
00:30:57,160 --> 00:31:00,800
Speaker 1: training and then after an offseason of folkocusing on being

580
00:31:00,840 --> 00:31:04,280
Speaker 1: a reliever, that he's able to tap into his full

581
00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:08,200
Speaker 1: potential in that role. And finally we wrap up this

582
00:31:08,320 --> 00:31:12,280
Speaker 1: first section with Jordan Yamamoto, the Hawaiian right hander, a

583
00:31:12,360 --> 00:31:15,160
Speaker 1: four point four to six era as a rookie with

584
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Speaker 1: a four point five to one FIP in seventy eight

585
00:31:18,120 --> 00:31:21,440
Speaker 1: and two thirds endings pitched. Came out of double a

586
00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:25,840
Speaker 1: Jacksonville shot out like a cannon set Marlin's history with

587
00:31:25,960 --> 00:31:29,960
Speaker 1: how unhittable he was for his first few outings and.

588
00:31:30,040 --> 00:31:32,400
Speaker 2: He goes down on three pitches to the way back

589
00:31:32,440 --> 00:31:36,440
Speaker 2: to back strikeouts for Yama Moto. You know, the slider

590
00:31:36,480 --> 00:31:44,040
Speaker 2: working well for Yamamoto, ninety five miles an hour, oh

591
00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:46,680
Speaker 2: called strike three, bottom of the zone that is his

592
00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:48,000
Speaker 2: fifth strikeout.

593
00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:51,280
Speaker 1: Became a fan favorite pretty quickly with the enthusiasm that

594
00:31:51,320 --> 00:31:54,720
Speaker 1: he shows off the mounds, how he expresses himself off

595
00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:59,000
Speaker 1: the mounds and off in the clubhouse. He's an interesting guy.

596
00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:01,760
Speaker 1: A former guest on the Fish Stripes podcast, it was

597
00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:04,040
Speaker 1: a pleasure of talking to him before he got big

598
00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:07,680
Speaker 1: time and late in the year suffered a forearmstrain, but

599
00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:09,840
Speaker 1: made it back for the very end of the season

600
00:32:10,120 --> 00:32:14,280
Speaker 1: to finish on an encouraging note. The clear afterthought in

601
00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:18,320
Speaker 1: that Christian Yelich trade and yet surprisingly the first of

602
00:32:18,360 --> 00:32:21,160
Speaker 1: the players in that trade to make a positive impact

603
00:32:21,480 --> 00:32:24,720
Speaker 1: at the major league level, somewhat in the same category

604
00:32:24,760 --> 00:32:27,040
Speaker 1: as like a Robert Dugger, where he's going to rely

605
00:32:27,240 --> 00:32:32,560
Speaker 1: on craftiness instead of velocity. Where he's a little undersized

606
00:32:32,600 --> 00:32:36,040
Speaker 1: for a conventional starting pitcher, and there has been an

607
00:32:36,080 --> 00:32:39,320
Speaker 1: injury history with him that's worth pointing out. No major

608
00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:43,920
Speaker 1: surgeries to my understanding, but both elbow and shoulder issues

609
00:32:44,280 --> 00:32:46,920
Speaker 1: in the past, especially in twenty eighteen, where he was

610
00:32:46,920 --> 00:32:50,400
Speaker 1: dominant at several minor league levels but simply wasn't available

611
00:32:50,640 --> 00:32:53,360
Speaker 1: for much of that season. So his role is a

612
00:32:53,360 --> 00:32:55,760
Speaker 1: little bit unclear, but I think what it is clear

613
00:32:56,280 --> 00:32:59,560
Speaker 1: is that he could be some sort of effective at

614
00:32:59,600 --> 00:33:01,680
Speaker 1: the major level because of the variety of pitches that

615
00:33:01,720 --> 00:33:06,120
Speaker 1: he has. The slider in particular, had a stretch early

616
00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:08,520
Speaker 1: in that call up where it was verch it was

617
00:33:08,560 --> 00:33:12,680
Speaker 1: completely unittable through I think his first five starts for

618
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Speaker 1: the Marlins, So he'll be interesting. Maybe the velocity actually

619
00:33:16,440 --> 00:33:20,600
Speaker 1: perks up, maybe he's sent into a relief role. Either way,

620
00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:23,920
Speaker 1: I'm curious about him moving forward because he does have

621
00:33:23,920 --> 00:33:26,600
Speaker 1: a lot of tools at his disposal, even if the

622
00:33:26,720 --> 00:33:29,760
Speaker 1: raw stuff won't blow you away. So an interesting Rooki

623
00:33:29,840 --> 00:33:33,040
Speaker 1: year for him, someone who skipped Triple A entirely and

624
00:33:33,080 --> 00:33:36,040
Speaker 1: certainly has minor league options if he gets squeezed off

625
00:33:36,120 --> 00:33:39,680
Speaker 1: this staff heading into opening Day. Just an interesting pickup,

626
00:33:39,800 --> 00:33:42,440
Speaker 1: and already to this point, I think he has surpassed

627
00:33:42,480 --> 00:33:50,400
Speaker 1: expectations that he had when originally acquired from Milwaukee. So

628
00:33:50,600 --> 00:33:53,440
Speaker 1: those were the right handed arms that everyone's ready familiar

629
00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:55,800
Speaker 1: with from following the Marlins at the major league level.

630
00:33:55,960 --> 00:33:58,200
Speaker 1: Our second category is going to be the twenty twenty

631
00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:01,640
Speaker 1: ETAs the pitchers that we expect to be called up

632
00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:05,120
Speaker 1: for the very first time in twenty twenty in their careers,

633
00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:07,680
Speaker 1: and not going in alphabetical order this time, it's going

634
00:34:07,760 --> 00:34:11,440
Speaker 1: to be in order of confidence that they will be

635
00:34:11,440 --> 00:34:15,120
Speaker 1: making their debut this coming season and generally estimating the

636
00:34:15,160 --> 00:34:19,000
Speaker 1: impact that they will have for the Marlins as rookies.

637
00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:22,320
Speaker 1: The first is the number one overall prospect in the

638
00:34:22,320 --> 00:34:25,719
Speaker 1: Marlins organization, one who's probably more recognizable than some of

639
00:34:25,760 --> 00:34:28,880
Speaker 1: the names we've already gone through. Six to Sanchez, a

640
00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:32,600
Speaker 1: two seven to six e A two point eight to

641
00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:35,880
Speaker 1: one fielder independent pitching in one hundred and fourteen endings

642
00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:39,440
Speaker 1: pitched this year, most of that at A Jacksonville with

643
00:34:39,520 --> 00:34:42,239
Speaker 1: a couple starts at High A Jupiter as well. This

644
00:34:42,440 --> 00:34:45,560
Speaker 1: was his age twenty season, and he was just as

645
00:34:45,640 --> 00:34:49,040
Speaker 1: good as advertised, meeting those lofty expectations of being the

646
00:34:49,080 --> 00:34:52,520
Speaker 1: top prospect in the organization. The mid to high nineties

647
00:34:52,560 --> 00:34:56,200
Speaker 1: fastball that even cracks one hundred at times, the devastating

648
00:34:56,280 --> 00:34:58,839
Speaker 1: changeup that looks so much like his fastball coming out

649
00:34:58,840 --> 00:35:01,680
Speaker 1: of the hand, and then in and improved curveball, something

650
00:35:01,719 --> 00:35:05,800
Speaker 1: that he specifically spoke about recently at a conditioning program

651
00:35:05,800 --> 00:35:08,040
Speaker 1: at Marlins Park, how he wanted to focus on making

652
00:35:08,120 --> 00:35:12,000
Speaker 1: that a legitimate third wipeout pitch. He when he isn't

653
00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:15,000
Speaker 1: striking out opposing batters, which he does do quite often,

654
00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:19,759
Speaker 1: he's generating weak contact ground balls. He is very efficient. Yeah,

655
00:35:19,800 --> 00:35:22,960
Speaker 1: what sticks out most is probably the change up and

656
00:35:23,040 --> 00:35:25,399
Speaker 1: how he's able to miss bats with that and use

657
00:35:25,440 --> 00:35:28,120
Speaker 1: it in an account, and even more so, just how

658
00:35:28,120 --> 00:35:31,200
Speaker 1: efficient he is and how confident he is in attacking

659
00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:34,080
Speaker 1: the strike one. A guy that has always been facing

660
00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:37,200
Speaker 1: older competition at every step of his career and yet

661
00:35:37,400 --> 00:35:39,960
Speaker 1: is more than willing to throw strikes and just trust

662
00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:41,839
Speaker 1: his stuff to get out. He was able to do

663
00:35:41,880 --> 00:35:45,360
Speaker 1: that no triple a time for six to zero in

664
00:35:45,440 --> 00:35:48,160
Speaker 1: twenty nineteen, he did establish a new career high in

665
00:35:48,239 --> 00:35:51,240
Speaker 1: workload at one hundred and fourteen innings, which was important

666
00:35:51,239 --> 00:35:53,279
Speaker 1: for someone that was coming off an elbow injury. In

667
00:35:53,320 --> 00:35:56,000
Speaker 1: the Phillies organization, the question is going to be whether

668
00:35:56,040 --> 00:35:59,880
Speaker 1: the Marlins played the service time manipulation game by all counts,

669
00:36:00,280 --> 00:36:02,480
Speaker 1: and in my own personal opinion, Sixto is ready to

670
00:36:02,520 --> 00:36:04,640
Speaker 1: be a major league starter right now, one of the

671
00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:07,760
Speaker 1: five best that the Marlins have going into twenty twenty,

672
00:36:08,120 --> 00:36:10,360
Speaker 1: but looking long term, if they wait a few weeks

673
00:36:10,360 --> 00:36:13,799
Speaker 1: before formally calling him up and then they gain an

674
00:36:13,800 --> 00:36:16,640
Speaker 1: extra year of team control a seventh year before he

675
00:36:16,680 --> 00:36:19,880
Speaker 1: can earn free agent eligibility. Either way, he's going to

676
00:36:19,920 --> 00:36:23,280
Speaker 1: be a very important arm for this team's near future

677
00:36:23,440 --> 00:36:27,600
Speaker 1: and certainly the long term future. Another young strike thrower,

678
00:36:27,719 --> 00:36:30,840
Speaker 1: Nick Knider, who had a four point sixty seven ERA

679
00:36:31,160 --> 00:36:35,600
Speaker 1: four point eight six five in fifty four regular season endings.

680
00:36:35,960 --> 00:36:38,680
Speaker 1: But perhaps the more relevant data is coming in as

681
00:36:38,680 --> 00:36:41,520
Speaker 1: we speak during the Arizona Fall League. One of three

682
00:36:41,719 --> 00:36:45,960
Speaker 1: Fall Star selections in the Marlins organization so far during

683
00:36:45,960 --> 00:36:49,839
Speaker 1: the Fall League, he looks great. What you don't get

684
00:36:49,880 --> 00:36:52,359
Speaker 1: from him is high fastball velocity. I've seen him max

685
00:36:52,440 --> 00:36:55,480
Speaker 1: out at about ninety two miles per hour according to

686
00:36:55,480 --> 00:36:59,440
Speaker 1: Statcast during the Fall League. But he has great change up,

687
00:36:59,719 --> 00:37:02,000
Speaker 1: great control in the same way that six oh does.

688
00:37:02,040 --> 00:37:04,400
Speaker 1: Even though he's a much different package than six to

689
00:37:04,440 --> 00:37:07,440
Speaker 1: oh physically, and he's a couple of years older than

690
00:37:07,440 --> 00:37:10,200
Speaker 1: six to oh but also younger than the typical major

691
00:37:10,280 --> 00:37:12,759
Speaker 1: league starting pitcher. He can hit a little bit. We

692
00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:14,960
Speaker 1: saw that at Double A where even had a home

693
00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:17,400
Speaker 1: run for himself, and that's something that can't be totally

694
00:37:17,440 --> 00:37:20,080
Speaker 1: ignored for the time being when there's no DH in

695
00:37:20,120 --> 00:37:21,920
Speaker 1: the National League and you have to hit for yourself.

696
00:37:22,120 --> 00:37:24,120
Speaker 1: The Marlins as a team for the last few years

697
00:37:24,160 --> 00:37:27,640
Speaker 1: have really struggled to get any production whatsoever from that spot,

698
00:37:28,040 --> 00:37:30,759
Speaker 1: and Nider is more comfortable in that situation than the

699
00:37:30,760 --> 00:37:34,080
Speaker 1: typical guy, so that's something to look forward to as well.

700
00:37:34,320 --> 00:37:36,840
Speaker 1: He was definitely slated to make his major league debut

701
00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:39,279
Speaker 1: in twenty nineteen if he was just healthy, but that

702
00:37:39,360 --> 00:37:42,640
Speaker 1: knee issue popped up fairly early on and they were

703
00:37:42,880 --> 00:37:46,279
Speaker 1: conservative with the rehab to get him back. Nider is

704
00:37:46,520 --> 00:37:49,160
Speaker 1: just as much if not slightly more likely than six

705
00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:52,439
Speaker 1: to zero to make his debut in twenty twenty, and

706
00:37:52,640 --> 00:37:56,239
Speaker 1: he doesn't have the same high ceiling Hall of Fame potential,

707
00:37:56,600 --> 00:38:00,000
Speaker 1: but the floor is very comforting. He has the ingredients

708
00:38:00,040 --> 00:38:03,040
Speaker 1: that you're looking for for a contributor to the Marlins

709
00:38:03,080 --> 00:38:06,520
Speaker 1: pitching staff for years to come. Big bounce back year

710
00:38:06,600 --> 00:38:10,320
Speaker 1: for George guzban a three point fifty er, four point

711
00:38:10,360 --> 00:38:12,640
Speaker 1: three seven fifth in one hundred and thirty eight and

712
00:38:12,640 --> 00:38:16,320
Speaker 1: two thirds innings with A Jacksonville. His first year in

713
00:38:16,360 --> 00:38:19,720
Speaker 1: the Marlins organization was a little rocky in High Jupiter,

714
00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:22,280
Speaker 1: the walks piled up on him. He was not missing

715
00:38:22,320 --> 00:38:26,520
Speaker 1: bats quite as expected, but he really took big strides

716
00:38:26,560 --> 00:38:29,320
Speaker 1: this year. Someone that I think had been written off

717
00:38:29,440 --> 00:38:32,960
Speaker 1: as a true starting pitching prospect and with the assumption

718
00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:35,520
Speaker 1: that you just put him in the bullpen and it'll

719
00:38:35,560 --> 00:38:38,520
Speaker 1: blow away hitters with his velocity, doesn't have the full

720
00:38:38,560 --> 00:38:41,279
Speaker 1: complement of secondary pitches that you're looking for, and he

721
00:38:41,360 --> 00:38:44,200
Speaker 1: tried to change that narrative this year with Jacksonville. That

722
00:38:44,320 --> 00:38:47,680
Speaker 1: innings total was the largest out of anybody in the

723
00:38:47,719 --> 00:38:50,920
Speaker 1: whole Marlins minor league system, so there's something to be

724
00:38:50,920 --> 00:38:53,880
Speaker 1: said for that. How consistently he worked into the middle

725
00:38:53,960 --> 00:38:58,480
Speaker 1: endings for Jacksonville and finished especially strong. It was he

726
00:38:58,520 --> 00:39:01,919
Speaker 1: had that one month stretch where he was virtually unhittable,

727
00:39:02,440 --> 00:39:04,200
Speaker 1: start after start after start.

728
00:39:04,680 --> 00:39:08,600
Speaker 2: Swaying and I missed strike three. Thirteen strikeouts for George

729
00:39:08,680 --> 00:39:13,880
Speaker 2: Guzman in six no hit innings against Mississippi. What an

730
00:39:13,880 --> 00:39:17,279
Speaker 2: effort by the Miami Marlins number seventeen prospect. He has

731
00:39:17,320 --> 00:39:18,359
Speaker 2: been unhittable.

732
00:39:19,120 --> 00:39:20,880
Speaker 1: There was some good luck I think that went into this,

733
00:39:20,920 --> 00:39:23,880
Speaker 1: and that's reflected in the discrepancy between his eer and

734
00:39:23,880 --> 00:39:26,719
Speaker 1: pipp On batted balls and play. There was a very

735
00:39:26,719 --> 00:39:30,080
Speaker 1: good defense behind him for Jacksonville this year. That's part

736
00:39:30,120 --> 00:39:33,360
Speaker 1: of it. Even so, this was an encouraging step forward.

737
00:39:33,840 --> 00:39:36,000
Speaker 1: He's only going to be twenty four years old next year.

738
00:39:36,600 --> 00:39:38,640
Speaker 1: This is already his second year on the forty man roster.

739
00:39:38,719 --> 00:39:40,879
Speaker 1: I think one way or another, he's going to find

740
00:39:40,880 --> 00:39:43,759
Speaker 1: his way in the major leagues, and the safer bet

741
00:39:43,840 --> 00:39:46,240
Speaker 1: is that he's going to be a reliever long term.

742
00:39:46,600 --> 00:39:51,160
Speaker 1: But just the fundamentals that he showed this year were

743
00:39:51,280 --> 00:39:54,439
Speaker 1: very encouraging that he has that potential to go both

744
00:39:54,480 --> 00:39:56,920
Speaker 1: ways and be an impact player. This is what they

745
00:39:56,960 --> 00:40:00,320
Speaker 1: were looking for to get in the Gihon Carlo Stanton trade.

746
00:40:00,360 --> 00:40:03,400
Speaker 1: He was the biggest asset that they got at the time,

747
00:40:03,840 --> 00:40:07,000
Speaker 1: and for as much improvement as Jose Devers has shown,

748
00:40:07,400 --> 00:40:09,800
Speaker 1: for some of the positive contributions they got for Starlin

749
00:40:09,880 --> 00:40:13,920
Speaker 1: Castro Guzman still has a nice high ceiling if everything

750
00:40:14,320 --> 00:40:19,000
Speaker 1: goes his way. Speaking of high ceilings, Edward Cabrera put

751
00:40:19,080 --> 00:40:22,160
Speaker 1: up a two point two to three ERA three point

752
00:40:22,239 --> 00:40:25,280
Speaker 1: zero six five in ninety six and two thirds endings

753
00:40:25,360 --> 00:40:29,000
Speaker 1: pitched just dominance from him, the majority of that at

754
00:40:29,040 --> 00:40:31,800
Speaker 1: high A Jupiter, but also a big chunk at w

755
00:40:31,920 --> 00:40:35,000
Speaker 1: A Jacksonville. I want to credit our own Ian Smith

756
00:40:35,200 --> 00:40:37,600
Speaker 1: from being one of the first ones on Edward, not

757
00:40:37,760 --> 00:40:39,680
Speaker 1: just as a top one hundred prospect, and at this

758
00:40:39,760 --> 00:40:43,160
Speaker 1: point he is a consensus top one hundred prospect according

759
00:40:43,200 --> 00:40:46,879
Speaker 1: to all the national outlets. But Ian was the first

760
00:40:46,880 --> 00:40:49,239
Speaker 1: one to just flow out the question that maybe Edward

761
00:40:49,360 --> 00:40:51,920
Speaker 1: is the best pitching prospect that the Marlins have right

762
00:40:52,040 --> 00:40:55,160
Speaker 1: up there with six zero. The fastball velocity was always

763
00:40:55,160 --> 00:40:59,120
Speaker 1: there ever since he signed internationally over four years ago

764
00:40:59,160 --> 00:41:02,560
Speaker 1: with the Marlins, but the secondary pitches took huge strides

765
00:41:02,600 --> 00:41:05,400
Speaker 1: this year, and the way that he was aggressive in

766
00:41:05,440 --> 00:41:09,040
Speaker 1: the strike zone was so encouraging to see facing competition

767
00:41:09,120 --> 00:41:11,560
Speaker 1: that was older than him at both levels. This was

768
00:41:11,560 --> 00:41:14,799
Speaker 1: only his age twenty one season and ye building up

769
00:41:14,840 --> 00:41:18,839
Speaker 1: those innings a little bit until facing an infection late

770
00:41:18,880 --> 00:41:21,000
Speaker 1: in the year with Jacksonville that robs him of some time,

771
00:41:21,320 --> 00:41:24,719
Speaker 1: but he goes into the off season feeling healthy. He's

772
00:41:25,239 --> 00:41:28,440
Speaker 1: someone that the Marlins are very bullish about, and they

773
00:41:28,440 --> 00:41:30,920
Speaker 1: have not been shy with pointing out how much they

774
00:41:30,960 --> 00:41:33,879
Speaker 1: believe in him and making it pretty clear that he's

775
00:41:33,920 --> 00:41:36,320
Speaker 1: not going to be used as trade bait for any reason,

776
00:41:36,880 --> 00:41:40,560
Speaker 1: and not exactly sure what the timeline is because he

777
00:41:40,640 --> 00:41:42,880
Speaker 1: seemed to be on a track more towards a twenty

778
00:41:42,960 --> 00:41:46,719
Speaker 1: twenty one debut, but the way that they promoted him

779
00:41:46,760 --> 00:41:50,959
Speaker 1: so early and his performance against double A competition makes

780
00:41:51,000 --> 00:41:53,239
Speaker 1: you think that before the end of this year, now

781
00:41:53,280 --> 00:41:55,279
Speaker 1: that he's already going to have to go on the

782
00:41:55,320 --> 00:41:58,160
Speaker 1: forty man roster to be protected from the Rule five draft,

783
00:41:58,440 --> 00:42:01,280
Speaker 1: that there might not be much reason to wait any longer.

784
00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:05,319
Speaker 1: If everything goes together for him. He is near the

785
00:42:05,320 --> 00:42:09,000
Speaker 1: top of the rotation starting pitcher, so we'll see where

786
00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:11,960
Speaker 1: the workload is as the year goes on and what

787
00:42:12,400 --> 00:42:15,360
Speaker 1: it's like the options that are ahead of him in

788
00:42:15,400 --> 00:42:18,840
Speaker 1: the pecking order for the time being, but it's gonna

789
00:42:18,840 --> 00:42:21,359
Speaker 1: be a point where they're not gonna keep him down

790
00:42:21,680 --> 00:42:25,120
Speaker 1: if the performance merits a promotion, and the performance that

791
00:42:25,160 --> 00:42:28,840
Speaker 1: he had in twenty nineteen was an absolute best case scenario.

792
00:42:29,960 --> 00:42:32,880
Speaker 1: There are a couple of right handed relief only prospects

793
00:42:32,920 --> 00:42:35,080
Speaker 1: that are also in my radar for twenty twenty, the

794
00:42:35,080 --> 00:42:39,120
Speaker 1: first being Tommy Eveld five to eleven ERA, five point

795
00:42:39,160 --> 00:42:41,359
Speaker 1: four to eight FIP and forty nine and the third

796
00:42:41,360 --> 00:42:45,960
Speaker 1: INNINGX pitched between double A and triple A disappointing performance

797
00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:48,400
Speaker 1: from him anyway you slice it. A guy with a

798
00:42:48,520 --> 00:42:52,080
Speaker 1: unique backstory. He was an aspiring quarterback at the University

799
00:42:52,080 --> 00:42:55,680
Speaker 1: of South Florida. Then when injuries took away that possibility

800
00:42:55,680 --> 00:42:59,160
Speaker 1: from him as an upperclassman, he committed all his effort

801
00:42:59,200 --> 00:43:02,160
Speaker 1: into developing as a baseball player and he turned into

802
00:43:02,200 --> 00:43:05,680
Speaker 1: a really good relief pitcher for them. Drafted by the Diamondbacks,

803
00:43:05,880 --> 00:43:08,640
Speaker 1: he lit up the lower levels of their organization. Traded

804
00:43:08,640 --> 00:43:11,880
Speaker 1: to the Marlins at the deadline in twenty eighteen, and

805
00:43:12,000 --> 00:43:15,520
Speaker 1: the initial results were good in the Marlins organization as well.

806
00:43:15,840 --> 00:43:18,759
Speaker 1: They started him aggressively with a triple A assignment to

807
00:43:18,800 --> 00:43:22,359
Speaker 1: open up the season, with all indications that he would

808
00:43:22,400 --> 00:43:25,160
Speaker 1: break through to the majors in twenty nineteen, but again

809
00:43:25,239 --> 00:43:28,279
Speaker 1: that poor performance early on. He got straightened out once

810
00:43:28,320 --> 00:43:32,520
Speaker 1: sent back down to Jacksonville. Very unusual for a reliever

811
00:43:32,719 --> 00:43:36,800
Speaker 1: to mix in four different pitches in his arsenal. The

812
00:43:36,880 --> 00:43:40,839
Speaker 1: velocity is good, nothing special, so he relies on two

813
00:43:40,840 --> 00:43:44,919
Speaker 1: breaking balls in a changeup to keep hitters guessing. And

814
00:43:45,080 --> 00:43:48,759
Speaker 1: he's already pretty mature. I think he'll be twenty six

815
00:43:48,880 --> 00:43:52,120
Speaker 1: this offseason, so twenty seven, twenty six heading into the

816
00:43:52,160 --> 00:43:56,359
Speaker 1: twenty twenty season, not a lot of projection left in him.

817
00:43:56,400 --> 00:43:59,239
Speaker 1: He pretty much is what he is, someone who has

818
00:43:59,280 --> 00:44:04,160
Speaker 1: a very distinct celebration when he finishes save. I'm not

819
00:44:04,160 --> 00:44:06,279
Speaker 1: sure if he'll keep that if he's working in non

820
00:44:06,320 --> 00:44:10,000
Speaker 1: safe situations. But his nickname is touchdown Tommy for how

821
00:44:10,040 --> 00:44:12,560
Speaker 1: he throws up the arms after closing out a game.

822
00:44:13,040 --> 00:44:18,480
Speaker 1: A very good makeup, you would say, and intangibles a

823
00:44:18,480 --> 00:44:21,240
Speaker 1: presence that you want in your clubhouse. But the talent

824
00:44:21,360 --> 00:44:24,839
Speaker 1: has to back that up as well. So an unconventional

825
00:44:24,960 --> 00:44:27,400
Speaker 1: prospect who fell off of prospects list because of his

826
00:44:27,640 --> 00:44:31,279
Speaker 1: performance this year and just naturally what happens when the

827
00:44:31,320 --> 00:44:33,880
Speaker 1: guy ages into his mid twenties, This will be a

828
00:44:34,160 --> 00:44:36,600
Speaker 1: pretty big year for him to break through. This is

829
00:44:36,680 --> 00:44:41,080
Speaker 1: the opportunity where there's so many needs in the Marlins

830
00:44:41,080 --> 00:44:43,840
Speaker 1: bullpen and he could be one that sticks for a

831
00:44:43,880 --> 00:44:47,560
Speaker 1: while if he's firing on all cylinders coming out of

832
00:44:47,560 --> 00:44:51,440
Speaker 1: spring training. And to pair with him, Tyler Stevens a

833
00:44:51,520 --> 00:44:54,920
Speaker 1: two point eight two ERA three point sixty six fifth

834
00:44:54,960 --> 00:44:58,680
Speaker 1: and sixty and two thirds endings pitched. For those who

835
00:44:58,800 --> 00:45:01,319
Speaker 1: hadn't noticed, when the Marlin parted ways with former top

836
00:45:01,320 --> 00:45:04,160
Speaker 1: prospect Dylan Peters around this time last year, they actually

837
00:45:04,200 --> 00:45:06,480
Speaker 1: made a minor trade with the Angels, so they sent

838
00:45:06,560 --> 00:45:10,040
Speaker 1: Peters out there they got Stevens in return. This was

839
00:45:10,120 --> 00:45:12,359
Speaker 1: just his age twenty three season, and the results kind

840
00:45:12,360 --> 00:45:16,840
Speaker 1: of speak for themselves. Between Jupiter and Jacksonville in New Orleans.

841
00:45:16,880 --> 00:45:19,120
Speaker 1: This was his second crack at Triple A after making

842
00:45:19,120 --> 00:45:21,799
Speaker 1: it up there originally with the Angels, and this time

843
00:45:21,880 --> 00:45:24,760
Speaker 1: the results were a lot better held his own doesn't

844
00:45:24,840 --> 00:45:28,759
Speaker 1: have the overwhelming velocity. He's just a fastball change up

845
00:45:28,760 --> 00:45:31,719
Speaker 1: guy for the most part, relies on a high spin

846
00:45:31,840 --> 00:45:35,160
Speaker 1: rate to have his stuff play up and very repeatable

847
00:45:35,200 --> 00:45:39,239
Speaker 1: mechanics to keep batters guessing between those two pitches. No

848
00:45:39,360 --> 00:45:43,480
Speaker 1: pressure roster wise, service time wise for them to have

849
00:45:43,520 --> 00:45:47,120
Speaker 1: Stevens on the major league roster at any point this year,

850
00:45:47,480 --> 00:45:49,680
Speaker 1: but the performance is going to force a promotion, it

851
00:45:49,719 --> 00:45:53,359
Speaker 1: seems like, and it'll be an interesting character to fit

852
00:45:53,440 --> 00:46:01,080
Speaker 1: into this mix. So what about the next waves of

853
00:46:01,160 --> 00:46:04,839
Speaker 1: Marlin's right handers, those that are unlikely to make an

854
00:46:04,880 --> 00:46:07,680
Speaker 1: impact of the majors in twenty twenty, but could be

855
00:46:07,800 --> 00:46:12,399
Speaker 1: up shortly thereafter. I'll begin with Jordan Holloway four point

856
00:46:12,480 --> 00:46:16,680
Speaker 1: four to five E four point three eight fielder independent

857
00:46:16,719 --> 00:46:19,960
Speaker 1: pitching in his ninety five innings with the Jupiter Hammerheads.

858
00:46:20,280 --> 00:46:22,840
Speaker 1: This was his first full season coming off of Tommy

859
00:46:22,880 --> 00:46:26,440
Speaker 1: John surgery. Prior to that, he honestly hadn't been all

860
00:46:26,440 --> 00:46:31,080
Speaker 1: that successful at any level for the Marlins. A bounced

861
00:46:31,160 --> 00:46:34,480
Speaker 1: with wildness, and to some extent that continued this year

862
00:46:34,520 --> 00:46:38,719
Speaker 1: with throwing strikes. But the pure stuff is gorgeous and

863
00:46:38,960 --> 00:46:41,640
Speaker 1: it's improved from where he was prior to the injury.

864
00:46:41,880 --> 00:46:45,640
Speaker 1: Fastball velocity can now sit in the high nineties and

865
00:46:45,719 --> 00:46:48,040
Speaker 1: more so than anybody else. So we've mentioned on this

866
00:46:48,120 --> 00:46:51,799
Speaker 1: episode just a beautiful twelve to six curveball that has

867
00:46:51,840 --> 00:46:55,560
Speaker 1: a huge v LO separation from the fastball. So it's

868
00:46:55,640 --> 00:46:58,320
Speaker 1: just those two pitches alone that give him a floor

869
00:46:58,560 --> 00:47:03,360
Speaker 1: as being a very interesting relief option. But the ninety

870
00:47:03,360 --> 00:47:07,120
Speaker 1: five endings this year was encouraging without any big time

871
00:47:07,200 --> 00:47:09,759
Speaker 1: off in between during the summer, so we'll see if

872
00:47:09,760 --> 00:47:12,600
Speaker 1: he's able to build upon that total. He's already on

873
00:47:12,640 --> 00:47:14,600
Speaker 1: the forty man roster because of all the years that

874
00:47:14,640 --> 00:47:17,600
Speaker 1: he's already spent in pro ball. That may add some

875
00:47:17,680 --> 00:47:21,360
Speaker 1: pressure for him to get a look later during this season.

876
00:47:22,480 --> 00:47:25,520
Speaker 1: But just speaking generally, guys that don't even have any

877
00:47:25,560 --> 00:47:28,239
Speaker 1: double A experience coming into the year, for them to

878
00:47:28,600 --> 00:47:30,560
Speaker 1: make that big stride all the way to the majors

879
00:47:30,600 --> 00:47:33,799
Speaker 1: within a single season, it's somewhat unusual, and especially with

880
00:47:33,840 --> 00:47:37,400
Speaker 1: all the great arms that we've already mentioned prior to this,

881
00:47:37,880 --> 00:47:40,160
Speaker 1: so it's it's an uphill battle for him to make

882
00:47:40,200 --> 00:47:44,120
Speaker 1: a debut in twenty twenty. But some guy to definitely

883
00:47:44,200 --> 00:47:48,640
Speaker 1: keep an eye on long term. Somebody who deserves more

884
00:47:48,680 --> 00:47:51,960
Speaker 1: love than what he's currently getting is Umberto Mahea, a

885
00:47:52,080 --> 00:47:56,080
Speaker 1: two point h nine ERA three point one three fifth

886
00:47:56,480 --> 00:47:58,880
Speaker 1: in ninety and a third endings pitched most of that

887
00:47:58,920 --> 00:48:02,640
Speaker 1: work with Lowe Clinton. This year. He'd been in the

888
00:48:02,640 --> 00:48:04,960
Speaker 1: Marlins organization for a long while, but they had brought

889
00:48:05,040 --> 00:48:08,759
Speaker 1: him along pretty slowly rookie ball, shorts season ball, and

890
00:48:09,000 --> 00:48:11,280
Speaker 1: this year he finished it all the way up in Jupiter,

891
00:48:11,680 --> 00:48:13,600
Speaker 1: and I imagine that's where he's gonna start next year,

892
00:48:13,600 --> 00:48:16,640
Speaker 1: where he might be the most attractive right handed pitcher

893
00:48:16,880 --> 00:48:19,480
Speaker 1: that they have on that Jupiter staff entering the year.

894
00:48:20,800 --> 00:48:24,120
Speaker 1: Just the performance is great. They managed his endings pretty

895
00:48:24,120 --> 00:48:27,480
Speaker 1: carefully as the year wound down, but he has a

896
00:48:27,560 --> 00:48:31,960
Speaker 1: nice arsenal pitches and only about twenty two years old,

897
00:48:32,160 --> 00:48:35,919
Speaker 1: so I'm excited to see what he becomes. The raw

898
00:48:35,960 --> 00:48:40,080
Speaker 1: stuff won't blow you away, but the performance alone gives

899
00:48:40,120 --> 00:48:43,120
Speaker 1: me a lot of optimism that he'll turn into something

900
00:48:43,200 --> 00:48:47,080
Speaker 1: useful in the future. Alberto Guerrero a three point one

901
00:48:47,080 --> 00:48:50,960
Speaker 1: to three er three point seventy five fifth in one

902
00:48:51,000 --> 00:48:53,920
Speaker 1: hundred and thirty two and one thirds endings pitched. It

903
00:48:53,920 --> 00:48:57,839
Speaker 1: also doesn't include his postseason start with Clinton, and that's

904
00:48:57,840 --> 00:48:59,359
Speaker 1: the one that I was able to watch in its

905
00:48:59,480 --> 00:49:03,000
Speaker 1: entirety when it was being broadcast in the Midwest League playoffs.

906
00:49:03,960 --> 00:49:07,080
Speaker 1: His velocity, he could top out in the mid nineties,

907
00:49:07,120 --> 00:49:10,600
Speaker 1: but generally sits a little bit lower than that. One

908
00:49:10,800 --> 00:49:13,880
Speaker 1: interesting characteristic of its pitching this season was just suppressing

909
00:49:13,920 --> 00:49:17,239
Speaker 1: home runs. Now, the Midwest League is generally not too

910
00:49:17,239 --> 00:49:19,960
Speaker 1: friendly to hitters, but for him to be among the

911
00:49:20,040 --> 00:49:23,680
Speaker 1: league leaders in workload for the Marlins organization, and it's

912
00:49:23,719 --> 00:49:26,560
Speaker 1: only be taken deep a handful of times the whole year,

913
00:49:26,960 --> 00:49:32,080
Speaker 1: that was encouraging a heavy set guy, to be honest,

914
00:49:32,840 --> 00:49:35,520
Speaker 1: So we'll see what his conditioning looks like in the

915
00:49:35,560 --> 00:49:39,160
Speaker 1: future and whether that impacts his stuff and his delivery

916
00:49:39,480 --> 00:49:42,440
Speaker 1: in any way. But just like Maheea, he took a

917
00:49:42,520 --> 00:49:45,560
Speaker 1: very big leap this year finally getting a pro ball

918
00:49:45,920 --> 00:49:49,040
Speaker 1: really built up his workload. Simply put, I liked that

919
00:49:49,080 --> 00:49:51,840
Speaker 1: he was the one familiar arm on that Clinton pitching

920
00:49:51,880 --> 00:49:55,399
Speaker 1: staff for what was the most successful Marlins minor league

921
00:49:55,400 --> 00:50:00,239
Speaker 1: affiliate this year. Turning our attention to one wave farther

922
00:50:00,360 --> 00:50:02,560
Speaker 1: down the road, a trio of right handers in rookie

923
00:50:02,600 --> 00:50:06,920
Speaker 1: ball this past summer, Matt Given, Evan Fitterer and Chris Makma.

924
00:50:07,560 --> 00:50:10,080
Speaker 1: Not going to go too deep into their stats. Pitching

925
00:50:10,400 --> 00:50:12,120
Speaker 1: in the Gulf Coast League, there's a lot of noise

926
00:50:12,160 --> 00:50:15,680
Speaker 1: in those numbers. It's a weird combination of players that

927
00:50:15,719 --> 00:50:20,320
Speaker 1: you face, from rehabbing minor league veterans to you see

928
00:50:20,680 --> 00:50:25,120
Speaker 1: fresh faced high school players as well as refined college

929
00:50:25,120 --> 00:50:27,640
Speaker 1: guys who are simply getting into a rhythm before shipping

930
00:50:27,640 --> 00:50:30,480
Speaker 1: out to their real short season or full season assignments.

931
00:50:30,760 --> 00:50:33,160
Speaker 1: But for what it's worth, all three of them, given,

932
00:50:33,280 --> 00:50:37,319
Speaker 1: Fitterer and Makma posted eras in the twos Given is

933
00:50:37,360 --> 00:50:39,600
Speaker 1: the one I'm most familiar with. He spoke to Fish

934
00:50:39,600 --> 00:50:42,160
Speaker 1: Stripes coming off his first pro season in twenty seventeen.

935
00:50:42,719 --> 00:50:46,040
Speaker 1: He took to pitching relatively late in his amateur career,

936
00:50:46,400 --> 00:50:50,480
Speaker 1: still a lot to learn, but he figured out the

937
00:50:50,600 --> 00:50:54,120
Speaker 1: fundamentals pretty early on, and in the most literal sense,

938
00:50:54,440 --> 00:50:59,960
Speaker 1: just physically in his mannerisms drawn some comparisons to Zach Grant.

939
00:51:00,560 --> 00:51:03,759
Speaker 1: Those are not the expectations for him. Don't want to

940
00:51:03,840 --> 00:51:06,279
Speaker 1: put any unfair pressure on him. That's just in the

941
00:51:06,320 --> 00:51:09,439
Speaker 1: most literal sense. And this was his first year coming

942
00:51:09,440 --> 00:51:11,840
Speaker 1: off with Tommy John surgery, which he underwent right before

943
00:51:12,080 --> 00:51:15,680
Speaker 1: the twenty eighteen season. He got forty six innings of work,

944
00:51:15,960 --> 00:51:18,160
Speaker 1: and no doubt he'll be looking to build upon that

945
00:51:18,440 --> 00:51:22,360
Speaker 1: in twenty twenty at a higher level of competition. Fitterer

946
00:51:22,400 --> 00:51:26,640
Speaker 1: and Machma were both draft picks in this most recent class. Fitterer,

947
00:51:26,680 --> 00:51:29,080
Speaker 1: the first pitcher off the board in the Marlins class

948
00:51:29,640 --> 00:51:32,279
Speaker 1: paid way above slot value to get him out of

949
00:51:32,320 --> 00:51:35,799
Speaker 1: his commitment from UCLA. Someone that also has a lot

950
00:51:35,800 --> 00:51:38,520
Speaker 1: of refinement in his game, similar to Holloway, has a

951
00:51:38,520 --> 00:51:42,000
Speaker 1: good curveball working for him. Made twenty two and two

952
00:51:42,000 --> 00:51:45,960
Speaker 1: thirds endings pitched this year in the GCL and certainly

953
00:51:46,040 --> 00:51:49,440
Speaker 1: has the potential to be a mid rotation starter someday,

954
00:51:49,920 --> 00:51:52,680
Speaker 1: but that's still very far away and far down the road.

955
00:51:53,320 --> 00:51:55,000
Speaker 1: What we know for right now is the Marlins made

956
00:51:55,000 --> 00:51:56,880
Speaker 1: a big commitment in him, so he's certainly going to

957
00:51:56,920 --> 00:52:00,760
Speaker 1: get the opportunity for the next several years to establish

958
00:52:00,840 --> 00:52:04,400
Speaker 1: himself as his starting pitching prospect. Machma was the twelfth

959
00:52:04,440 --> 00:52:06,400
Speaker 1: round pick in the same draft class out of a

960
00:52:06,560 --> 00:52:10,240
Speaker 1: Michigan high school. Got even fewer reps in real games

961
00:52:10,280 --> 00:52:14,080
Speaker 1: than Fitterer did, but the Marlins like his frame and

962
00:52:14,200 --> 00:52:17,480
Speaker 1: his projectability. His stuff couldn't improve even further for where

963
00:52:17,480 --> 00:52:21,239
Speaker 1: it is right now. Yet another potential starting pitcher that

964
00:52:21,400 --> 00:52:24,440
Speaker 1: has the diversity of pitches that you're looking for to

965
00:52:24,440 --> 00:52:26,680
Speaker 1: go a few times through the lineup and add even

966
00:52:26,680 --> 00:52:34,640
Speaker 1: more depth to this Marlins organization. Category number four on

967
00:52:34,719 --> 00:52:37,960
Speaker 1: this episode will be my curiosities. For one reason or another,

968
00:52:38,280 --> 00:52:40,680
Speaker 1: I think they're worth going into more detail, even if

969
00:52:40,680 --> 00:52:45,040
Speaker 1: they're not conventional top prospects. The first being Julian Fernandez,

970
00:52:45,760 --> 00:52:49,600
Speaker 1: who has no stats to report from this twenty nineteen season.

971
00:52:50,000 --> 00:52:52,920
Speaker 1: He was acquired off of waivers. It was what from

972
00:52:53,000 --> 00:52:55,719
Speaker 1: the Giants organization, and the Giants got him as a

973
00:52:55,760 --> 00:52:59,319
Speaker 1: Rule five draft picked from the Rockies organization. A huge arm,

974
00:52:59,600 --> 00:53:03,840
Speaker 1: fast velocity that rivals Guzman or sixt or anybody in

975
00:53:03,840 --> 00:53:08,000
Speaker 1: the Marlins organization triple digits. But he's not healthy. He

976
00:53:08,080 --> 00:53:10,600
Speaker 1: underwent Tommy John surgery around the same time that Matt

977
00:53:10,640 --> 00:53:14,799
Speaker 1: Gibven did. Entering the twenty eighteen season, the Marlins thought

978
00:53:14,840 --> 00:53:17,600
Speaker 1: that he'd be available to them in the major leagues

979
00:53:18,040 --> 00:53:20,160
Speaker 1: at some point during the middle of the year. Because

980
00:53:20,200 --> 00:53:22,520
Speaker 1: of the restrictions as a former Rule five guy. They

981
00:53:22,520 --> 00:53:24,920
Speaker 1: actually had to put him on the active roster when

982
00:53:24,960 --> 00:53:28,239
Speaker 1: he was healthy coming off a rehab assignment, but he

983
00:53:28,360 --> 00:53:31,000
Speaker 1: never even got to do the minor league rehab assignment.

984
00:53:31,040 --> 00:53:34,000
Speaker 1: He had a setback in his elbow issue. They had

985
00:53:34,000 --> 00:53:37,319
Speaker 1: to shut him down late in the summer, and it's

986
00:53:37,400 --> 00:53:39,560
Speaker 1: a big question mark about where he's going from here.

987
00:53:39,880 --> 00:53:41,440
Speaker 1: There may be another team that wants to take a

988
00:53:41,440 --> 00:53:44,440
Speaker 1: flyer on him, or the Marlins may simply weigh the

989
00:53:44,560 --> 00:53:48,280
Speaker 1: injury versus potential and decide that he's not worth the trouble.

990
00:53:49,080 --> 00:53:53,360
Speaker 1: On the topic of elbow injuries, Brady Bucket, just like Fernandez,

991
00:53:53,400 --> 00:53:56,560
Speaker 1: no stats for him during this twenty nineteen season. It

992
00:53:56,640 --> 00:54:00,640
Speaker 1: was late in spring training that he discovered issue in

993
00:54:00,680 --> 00:54:03,920
Speaker 1: his elbow and had to undergo his own Tommy John surgery.

994
00:54:04,480 --> 00:54:06,080
Speaker 1: The reason I bring him up is that he was

995
00:54:06,120 --> 00:54:10,240
Speaker 1: coming off a very successful twenty eighteen season between Single

996
00:54:10,239 --> 00:54:14,279
Speaker 1: A and High A, and the uniqueness of him as

997
00:54:14,320 --> 00:54:17,480
Speaker 1: a prospect. He is the best of my knowledge, the

998
00:54:17,560 --> 00:54:21,040
Speaker 1: tallest prospect in the Marlins minor league system right now

999
00:54:21,040 --> 00:54:25,080
Speaker 1: at any position, listed at six foot eight and a

1000
00:54:25,120 --> 00:54:29,160
Speaker 1: strong six foot eight, really very filled out frame. Yet

1001
00:54:29,239 --> 00:54:33,040
Speaker 1: he doesn't lean on anything special in terms of fastball velocity.

1002
00:54:33,320 --> 00:54:36,160
Speaker 1: What sticks out more is just a precision of his stuff.

1003
00:54:36,840 --> 00:54:40,320
Speaker 1: He had earned that promotion to Jupiter midway through twenty

1004
00:54:40,360 --> 00:54:44,040
Speaker 1: eighteen with just an off the charge strikeout to walk ratio.

1005
00:54:45,080 --> 00:54:47,400
Speaker 1: He was challenging hitters and he was getting good results

1006
00:54:47,440 --> 00:54:51,120
Speaker 1: out of it. The unique arm angle that he has,

1007
00:54:52,000 --> 00:54:55,600
Speaker 1: coming from the height his six foot eight frame, it

1008
00:54:55,680 --> 00:54:59,319
Speaker 1: was clearly giving opponents some trouble. Just a few weeks ago,

1009
00:54:59,400 --> 00:55:01,880
Speaker 1: Puckett shit with the world that he has been cleared

1010
00:55:01,880 --> 00:55:04,600
Speaker 1: to throw for the first time since his spring surgery.

1011
00:55:04,960 --> 00:55:08,480
Speaker 1: It's another six months about until what minor league opening day,

1012
00:55:08,719 --> 00:55:11,080
Speaker 1: but the Marlins historically have shown that they don't treat

1013
00:55:11,080 --> 00:55:14,280
Speaker 1: that as any sort of significant deadline. The higher likelihood

1014
00:55:14,360 --> 00:55:17,359
Speaker 1: is that he is back on the field starting real

1015
00:55:17,400 --> 00:55:20,759
Speaker 1: games towards the middle of the twenty twenty season, most

1016
00:55:20,840 --> 00:55:25,760
Speaker 1: likely with Jupiter to reestablish himself as a potential starting

1017
00:55:25,800 --> 00:55:29,520
Speaker 1: pitcher moving forward. The Marlins have a more immediate decision

1018
00:55:29,560 --> 00:55:32,239
Speaker 1: to make about Cody Poteit a three point five to

1019
00:55:32,320 --> 00:55:34,840
Speaker 1: six er, four point six to eight fifth in one

1020
00:55:34,920 --> 00:55:37,920
Speaker 1: hundred and thirty six and a third innings this past season,

1021
00:55:37,960 --> 00:55:40,480
Speaker 1: most of that with double A. Jacksonville, one of the

1022
00:55:40,520 --> 00:55:44,359
Speaker 1: few holdovers left from Jeffrey Lauria's farm system, along with

1023
00:55:44,719 --> 00:55:49,040
Speaker 1: Edward Cabrera and Holloway and Mahea, He's been around for

1024
00:55:49,040 --> 00:55:52,040
Speaker 1: a while and wasn't held in super high regard, and

1025
00:55:52,320 --> 00:55:54,799
Speaker 1: to be honest, at this point, it's not super high

1026
00:55:54,800 --> 00:55:57,879
Speaker 1: regard either. He was repeating Double A this year when

1027
00:55:57,920 --> 00:56:00,320
Speaker 1: he had his big break up performance, one of the

1028
00:56:00,400 --> 00:56:03,640
Speaker 1: league leaders in EER prior to his promotion to Triple

1029
00:56:03,719 --> 00:56:05,880
Speaker 1: A where he got knocked around a little in that

1030
00:56:06,000 --> 00:56:09,839
Speaker 1: hitter friendly conditions. Twenty fifteen draft pick out of UCLA,

1031
00:56:10,400 --> 00:56:14,160
Speaker 1: he is something of a junk baller. He'll mix a

1032
00:56:14,160 --> 00:56:19,160
Speaker 1: handful of pitches to keep opponents off balance. Below average

1033
00:56:19,200 --> 00:56:22,640
Speaker 1: fastball velocity, but a couple of breaking balls and a changeup.

1034
00:56:23,200 --> 00:56:25,759
Speaker 1: We had him on the podcast this season, very down

1035
00:56:25,800 --> 00:56:29,279
Speaker 1: to earth guy, and he seems just very content to

1036
00:56:29,280 --> 00:56:33,239
Speaker 1: be a professional pitcher. Unfortunately he didn't get that opportunity.

1037
00:56:33,480 --> 00:56:35,239
Speaker 1: He was looking for us to a September call up.

1038
00:56:36,760 --> 00:56:39,520
Speaker 1: But now this coming off season, he will be eligible

1039
00:56:39,560 --> 00:56:41,799
Speaker 1: for the Rule five draft if not protected on the

1040
00:56:41,840 --> 00:56:46,640
Speaker 1: forty men roster. Just twenty five years old, and again,

1041
00:56:46,719 --> 00:56:49,239
Speaker 1: the raw stuff isn't going to blow you away. It

1042
00:56:49,280 --> 00:56:53,520
Speaker 1: has never really shown itself in high strikeout numbers. But

1043
00:56:53,680 --> 00:56:56,000
Speaker 1: I am curious whether he was a guy that will

1044
00:56:56,000 --> 00:56:58,239
Speaker 1: be passed over in the Rule five because There's a

1045
00:56:58,239 --> 00:57:02,399
Speaker 1: guy that overall had pretty solid results this year and

1046
00:57:02,760 --> 00:57:05,560
Speaker 1: has a track record of being durable. That's something that

1047
00:57:05,760 --> 00:57:09,440
Speaker 1: other teams may value more than the Marlins do. So

1048
00:57:09,560 --> 00:57:12,239
Speaker 1: we'll see if the Marlins saw enough from him at

1049
00:57:12,239 --> 00:57:15,640
Speaker 1: Trebla to feel like he's worth protecting and whether he

1050
00:57:15,680 --> 00:57:18,800
Speaker 1: makes it through that portion of the rule five. To

1051
00:57:18,840 --> 00:57:21,800
Speaker 1: begin with two more right handers. I want you guys

1052
00:57:21,800 --> 00:57:26,760
Speaker 1: paying attention to. Josh Roberson put up great numbers for

1053
00:57:26,840 --> 00:57:29,680
Speaker 1: the Clinton lumber Kings a two point one four eer,

1054
00:57:30,240 --> 00:57:33,160
Speaker 1: three point four to five fifth and sixty three innings.

1055
00:57:33,240 --> 00:57:35,720
Speaker 1: That's during the regular season. He also made a couple

1056
00:57:35,680 --> 00:57:38,320
Speaker 1: of good starts during the playoffs for them that nearly

1057
00:57:38,320 --> 00:57:42,480
Speaker 1: got them into a championship. Another Tommy John survivor, he

1058
00:57:42,480 --> 00:57:45,520
Speaker 1: actually underwent that surgery right before getting drafted by the

1059
00:57:45,520 --> 00:57:48,240
Speaker 1: Marlins and it affected his draft stock coming out that

1060
00:57:48,360 --> 00:57:50,920
Speaker 1: year allowed the Marlins to wait a few rounds to

1061
00:57:50,920 --> 00:57:54,560
Speaker 1: pick him up. And simple to put. When he's been

1062
00:57:55,080 --> 00:57:58,240
Speaker 1: on the mound, he's been amazing in Pro Bowl. The

1063
00:57:58,280 --> 00:57:59,840
Speaker 1: problem is he just hasn't been on the mound very

1064
00:57:59,880 --> 00:58:02,920
Speaker 1: much much. When he is on the mound, shows plus

1065
00:58:03,000 --> 00:58:05,440
Speaker 1: velocity and a nice breaking ball to go along with it.

1066
00:58:06,000 --> 00:58:08,880
Speaker 1: The most likely scenario for him eventually if he is

1067
00:58:08,880 --> 00:58:11,240
Speaker 1: to make it to the major leagues, is probably in

1068
00:58:11,280 --> 00:58:13,400
Speaker 1: the bullpen where he could just go back and forth

1069
00:58:13,440 --> 00:58:17,840
Speaker 1: between those two pitches. And lastly, CJ. Carter, a two

1070
00:58:17,840 --> 00:58:20,880
Speaker 1: point three to zero ERA three point three seven fifth

1071
00:58:21,000 --> 00:58:23,960
Speaker 1: this past season over fifty four and two thirds innings

1072
00:58:24,000 --> 00:58:27,400
Speaker 1: between three different minor league affiliates. Drafted by the Marlins

1073
00:58:27,560 --> 00:58:30,640
Speaker 1: in twenty eighteen did not come with a big signing

1074
00:58:30,640 --> 00:58:34,240
Speaker 1: bonus or a lot of hype because his physical tools

1075
00:58:34,360 --> 00:58:38,360
Speaker 1: are pretty limited. I'm not even sure what his listed ideas,

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Speaker 1: but his actual height may not be much more above

1077
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Speaker 1: five to six or five foot seven. The frame is

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00:58:44,360 --> 00:58:48,560
Speaker 1: thin and he's foot His fastball max is out in

1079
00:58:48,600 --> 00:58:50,680
Speaker 1: the high eighties. I gotta dig in more to the

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00:58:50,720 --> 00:58:54,840
Speaker 1: stat cast numbers because he's currently participating in the Arizona

1081
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Speaker 1: Fall League, one of the seven Marlins prospects. There a

1082
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Speaker 1: lot of variety in his delivery. Both his own arm

1083
00:59:00,280 --> 00:59:04,360
Speaker 1: angle and his footwork mixes it up. He has a

1084
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Speaker 1: lot of variation to that, and yet he's still able

1085
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Speaker 1: to throw like a good amount of strikes with it.

1086
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Speaker 1: It doesn't rely too much on the fastball. His changeup

1087
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Speaker 1: actually comes in at a similar velocity, but the differences

1088
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Speaker 1: in movement generates some swings and misses, so he's an

1089
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Speaker 1: acypical prospect. He is amusing to watch on the mound,

1090
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Speaker 1: and certainly a big change of styles from a lot

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Speaker 1: of the pitchers that we've covered so far. There it

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Speaker 1: is your breakdown of Miami Marlins right handed pitching depth.

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Speaker 1: The intendedive plan here is to come back again next

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Speaker 1: week for that episode and do a similar exercise with

1095
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Speaker 1: all the left handed pitching that the Marlins have. We'll

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Speaker 1: be looking forward to this ultimate depth chart series, going

1097
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Speaker 1: position by position, making sure the fans understand the talent

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Speaker 1: that the Marlins currently have in what they're expecting to

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Speaker 1: come up through the pipeline these next few years, because

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Speaker 1: that would influence what they do from here in order

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Speaker 1: to make this a team we can all be proud of.

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Speaker 1: I'm excited for your feedback. Always appreciate having this platform.

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Speaker 1: Make sure to go to Fish Stripes, to the website

1104
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Speaker 1: and on social media, or find me personally Eli Sussman

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Speaker 1: for more coverage of the team. Always like engaging in

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Speaker 1: dialogues with our adoring fans. Go fish,