1 00:00:01,320 --> 00:00:04,720 Speaker 1: Hey, you're listening to Big Fish Small Pod. I'm Andrew 2 00:00:04,760 --> 00:00:10,280 Speaker 1: Rdall and today is September nine, twenty twenty two, following 3 00:00:10,360 --> 00:00:13,520 Speaker 1: up on a six to five Marlins win over the 4 00:00:13,520 --> 00:00:17,680 Speaker 1: Philadelphia Phillies behind some late action from the Marlins Bats 5 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:22,840 Speaker 1: and a really neat three hits from Ava Sayl Garcia 6 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:26,280 Speaker 1: and a lot more to talk about with Abvi Garcia. 7 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:30,880 Speaker 1: On today's podcast, we're covering a really like foggy moment 8 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:35,040 Speaker 1: for the Marlins. So really just like addressing what we 9 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:37,160 Speaker 1: can in keeping you up on to day to day 10 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:39,960 Speaker 1: of your Miami Marlins is what I'm looking to do 11 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:44,199 Speaker 1: with this podcast. So in doing so, I hope to 12 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:46,960 Speaker 1: kind of like reach out at some of those like 13 00:00:47,880 --> 00:00:53,680 Speaker 1: foggy concepts and land on more like real substantial talk 14 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:57,520 Speaker 1: that will bode for the future of the Marlins and 15 00:00:58,600 --> 00:01:05,720 Speaker 1: just you know alpus follow this September of twenty twenty two. 16 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:09,000 Speaker 1: So yeah, on this episode, I'm looking at a few 17 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:14,720 Speaker 1: of those more enigmatic threads. When I was an athlete, 18 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:19,120 Speaker 1: I had a like a long sleeved shirt that was 19 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:22,920 Speaker 1: given to me at an event, and in like the 20 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:25,360 Speaker 1: inside of the shirt as you put it on, it 21 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:30,240 Speaker 1: said ignore the noise, and like it really like made 22 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:34,240 Speaker 1: sense as like a like as like a as like 23 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:36,520 Speaker 1: a runner, as like an athlete where we'd be at 24 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:39,720 Speaker 1: like a like a track meet. And there's like Lana 25 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:43,480 Speaker 1: del Rey's like summertime sadness just like blaring on a 26 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:48,600 Speaker 1: like a Friday afternoon in September or so, I've a 27 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:52,760 Speaker 1: bit of that with like Avi Garcia. Obviously he's disappointed 28 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:58,960 Speaker 1: in his first year of a multimillion dollar deal at 29 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:02,000 Speaker 1: least like four years fifty three million, I believe is 30 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 1: like the minimum, including like a fifth year buyout of 31 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:11,119 Speaker 1: another like twelve million dollar a year option. So it's 32 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:15,639 Speaker 1: like a big substantial talk for the Marlins. How Avi 33 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:18,640 Speaker 1: Garcia is, he's probably one of the more important players 34 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:24,320 Speaker 1: on the team heading into twenty twenty three, certainly trades notwithstanding, 35 00:02:25,240 --> 00:02:29,000 Speaker 1: and who really knows what direction this offseason could go in. 36 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:32,800 Speaker 1: What we see with Avi Garcia's like today was a 37 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:35,760 Speaker 1: lot better than what we saw earlier at the year 38 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:39,760 Speaker 1: and really seems like a progression of what he's done 39 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:43,440 Speaker 1: this week in the major leagues. What I feel like 40 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:47,880 Speaker 1: I was seeing early with Avi Garcia is well, like 41 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:54,639 Speaker 1: let's even refer to his like Baseball savon page they 42 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:57,760 Speaker 1: note him as having one of the highest fifth percentages 43 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 1: of any batter in Major League Baseball, one of the 44 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:04,880 Speaker 1: highest chase percentages of any hitter in Major League Baseball, 45 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:09,079 Speaker 1: in some of the highest exit velocities. It's like the 46 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:12,480 Speaker 1: highest max exit velocity. He's right up there, like the 47 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:15,840 Speaker 1: ninety eight percent title in Major League Baseball, and he 48 00:03:15,919 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 1: has a good hard hit percent. If you've watched any 49 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:24,640 Speaker 1: of the Marlins games this season, really what you've likely 50 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:29,640 Speaker 1: seen is that chasing pitches outside of the zone and 51 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 1: then swinging and missing at pitches whatever. He's often seemed 52 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:40,600 Speaker 1: lost against the fastball and then subsequently the off speed 53 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:44,040 Speaker 1: and earlier in the year, it really felt to me 54 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:47,880 Speaker 1: from the eye that you was just like totally lost 55 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:50,760 Speaker 1: in that like difference between like a changeup and a fastball, 56 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:56,320 Speaker 1: just geared up for just whatever could be coming. It 57 00:03:56,320 --> 00:03:58,240 Speaker 1: didn't seem to me like he was seeing the ball 58 00:03:58,360 --> 00:04:02,800 Speaker 1: very well at all, and that's really critical, like you 59 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:05,160 Speaker 1: have to be able to like know the zone, see 60 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 1: the strike zone, and defend the zone and see it 61 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:11,080 Speaker 1: and have a physical feel for it so that you 62 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:15,400 Speaker 1: can use the bat, make contact, see the pitch hit 63 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:23,400 Speaker 1: the pitch and hit with like an assertive contact might 64 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:29,279 Speaker 1: be like like a drive, you're like pull side fly ball, 65 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:34,280 Speaker 1: or you're like flick that like kind of like artists 66 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:37,159 Speaker 1: touch of like a quick swing, which we saw a 67 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:41,680 Speaker 1: few of tonight from Abba Garcia, particularly on his first single, 68 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 1: he really got in on just like an inside pitch 69 00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:47,400 Speaker 1: and was able to just like take it the other way. 70 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:51,000 Speaker 1: I think, so there's a loop route to right off 71 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:54,600 Speaker 1: the hands a basic for Garcia, and that was like 72 00:04:56,400 --> 00:05:00,240 Speaker 1: really just like great hitting on that pitch. Out a 73 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:04,599 Speaker 1: good night, And I'm definitely vocally inflecting because I feel 74 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:07,719 Speaker 1: like I don't know, there's a lot of like heat 75 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:11,240 Speaker 1: on the subject of players performance and ultimately what we 76 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:15,680 Speaker 1: all want is everyone to be progressing and moving forward. 77 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:18,800 Speaker 1: It's really an odd profile that he's had because he 78 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:23,000 Speaker 1: does have some of like the hardest hit balls in baseball, 79 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:27,480 Speaker 1: Like he certainly has the like the tools are there 80 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:34,320 Speaker 1: for him to be making outstanding contact, and even this 81 00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:37,440 Speaker 1: year when he's seemed like he's at as best as 82 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:40,320 Speaker 1: a hitter, it's felt like he's hitting singles around the 83 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:45,120 Speaker 1: field rather than like those big bashes. So it's like 84 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 1: been confusing to watch really because I really expected coming 85 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:54,839 Speaker 1: into the year that we were seeing a like, you know, 86 00:05:54,960 --> 00:06:00,160 Speaker 1: like a consistently performing veteran player that's been a good 87 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:03,360 Speaker 1: hitter in baseball for the better part of a decade. 88 00:06:04,839 --> 00:06:08,320 Speaker 1: It's felt like as an athlete, he's felt more inclined 89 00:06:08,320 --> 00:06:12,400 Speaker 1: to work on like the physical condition to be in 90 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:14,880 Speaker 1: great shape as a major league baseball player, which is 91 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:18,680 Speaker 1: a huge benefit on the field, and it hasn't felt 92 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:21,360 Speaker 1: like it's come with the same sort of like counterbalance 93 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:26,320 Speaker 1: of high velocity in a batting cage. Today, I feel 94 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:29,640 Speaker 1: like I was seeing a more of an adaptation from 95 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:35,599 Speaker 1: Garcia as like a transitioning hitter, going from like your 96 00:06:35,640 --> 00:06:38,680 Speaker 1: slugger looking to drive the ball into more of that 97 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:43,760 Speaker 1: like contact artist. And even earlier in the week watching 98 00:06:43,839 --> 00:06:47,760 Speaker 1: like Tuesday's game, he seemed to be more on the ball, 99 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:52,120 Speaker 1: but like the change up to fastball gap wasn't quite 100 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:56,040 Speaker 1: as present in his swing. Maybe it's totally that he 101 00:06:56,080 --> 00:06:58,800 Speaker 1: needs to work out something different in the offseason to 102 00:06:58,839 --> 00:07:02,440 Speaker 1: be better accessing his power more consistently at the plate. 103 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:07,039 Speaker 1: So I definitely don't feel like capable to like make 104 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:11,160 Speaker 1: a prognosis. He definitely has a place on the Marlins, 105 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:13,720 Speaker 1: and it's just become more of a question for me 106 00:07:14,240 --> 00:07:17,440 Speaker 1: as to why that's more of as like a bench bat, 107 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:21,360 Speaker 1: sort of like professional ab laid in the game type 108 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:26,360 Speaker 1: or the everyday upgrade that we thought he was heading 109 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:30,000 Speaker 1: into twenty twenty two. A couple more things. I have 110 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:32,400 Speaker 1: a random stalling thought that I'll give to you after 111 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:39,480 Speaker 1: a quick note on Miguel Rojas. Really cool outing today 112 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:45,880 Speaker 1: facing the Phillies coming in forward, like the final inning 113 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:49,280 Speaker 1: at first base, he made a nice play to save 114 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 1: a little bit short of a throw from Va over 115 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:57,280 Speaker 1: at third and it was like a solid outing. And 116 00:07:57,320 --> 00:07:59,680 Speaker 1: I can't help but also imagine that his like particularly 117 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:04,320 Speaker 1: like helped in the dugout just to maintain like a 118 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:08,440 Speaker 1: solid energy for the team. He definitely has this like 119 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:12,360 Speaker 1: certain conviction about going out to win and make the 120 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:17,960 Speaker 1: most with whatever, even just the leather. So yeah, Jacob 121 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:22,800 Speaker 1: Stallings really like caught up with me this week that 122 00:08:22,960 --> 00:08:26,480 Speaker 1: he has been like not on his game as a hitter, 123 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:29,800 Speaker 1: Like he is a guy that has had some real 124 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:32,800 Speaker 1: game as a hitter. I know we often talk about 125 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:35,320 Speaker 1: his value as a defender, and I do think he 126 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:37,800 Speaker 1: has had a real impact on this pitching staff as 127 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:43,160 Speaker 1: a whole, especially with like Sandy who's unquestionably taken a 128 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:46,480 Speaker 1: step up this year. He's definitely been working with these 129 00:08:46,800 --> 00:08:50,199 Speaker 1: starting pitchers a lot before the game. Totally just a 130 00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:53,439 Speaker 1: straight thot, but I do wonder how much that pregame 131 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:56,240 Speaker 1: focused on the pitching side is taken away from his 132 00:08:56,679 --> 00:09:01,120 Speaker 1: potential pregame focused on the hitting side of things. Kind 133 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:04,960 Speaker 1: Of on the reverse side of that, Nick Fortes, who 134 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:08,439 Speaker 1: is a much more athletic player than Jacob Stallings, has 135 00:09:08,520 --> 00:09:13,520 Speaker 1: performed like so disproportionately poorly as a DH then as 136 00:09:13,559 --> 00:09:17,760 Speaker 1: a catcher. Will like Jacob Stallings, who's probably putting in 137 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:21,160 Speaker 1: all this effort pregame as well, has been not quite 138 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:26,120 Speaker 1: getting into his groove with the Marlins. Maybe the extra 139 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:28,360 Speaker 1: work to Fortes has gotten in the way of like 140 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:31,600 Speaker 1: a warm up for the hitting, and maybe for Stallings 141 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:35,679 Speaker 1: has just become a detractor, Like pretty far away thought 142 00:09:35,760 --> 00:09:39,920 Speaker 1: on this Marlins team. But so yeah, Marlin'll be back 143 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:44,560 Speaker 1: on the field today at six pm in Miami facing 144 00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:49,200 Speaker 1: the New York Mets. Edward Cabrera on the mound. We 145 00:09:49,280 --> 00:09:53,000 Speaker 1: don't know who's pitching for the Mets yet. Fish Strip's 146 00:09:53,040 --> 00:09:56,040 Speaker 1: Live will be live with you before the game. Check 147 00:09:56,080 --> 00:10:00,439 Speaker 1: it out, find out who that other pitcher is, and yes, 148 00:10:00,520 --> 00:10:03,240 Speaker 1: stay with us here on the podcast Network. We'll have 149 00:10:03,320 --> 00:10:06,480 Speaker 1: some more stuff coming to you soon for Big Fish 150 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:09,120 Speaker 1: Small Pod. That is our week. We'll be back with 151 00:10:09,240 --> 00:10:12,640 Speaker 1: you next week. Thanks for listening.