WEBVTT - Sandy Alcantara Rewriting Record Books & Potential Kyle Stowers Replacements

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, this is Kyle Stowers and you're listening to Fish

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<v Speaker 2>Alrighty Fish on First Live here on the Fish on

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<v Speaker 2>the founder of FLF. I'm joined by Kevin Barrall, Alex

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<v Speaker 2>Krutchick as well. Checking in at the ends of an

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<v Speaker 2>eventful weekend for the marl and taking two out of

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<v Speaker 2>three against the Angels, moving back above five hundred, but

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<v Speaker 2>a couple of major storylines that transcends even the current

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<v Speaker 2>season record or top of mind here, so we're going

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<v Speaker 2>to dive into that, and as always we're happy to

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<v Speaker 2>engage with you guys in the live chat, whether on

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<v Speaker 2>YouTube or Twitter, Facebook. Thanks to everybody that's tuning in

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<v Speaker 2>there or listening on our podcast feed wherever you get

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<v Speaker 2>your pods. Afterwards, as I said, Marlins win the series.

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<v Speaker 2>Some late breaking news towards the end of this game,

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<v Speaker 2>as we'll get into with Kyle Stavars, that's still a

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<v Speaker 2>bit of a developing story. So I wanted to start

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<v Speaker 2>off with an emphasis on Sandy right here in the

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<v Speaker 2>middle game of this series. Sandy another scoreless outing. That's

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<v Speaker 2>three in a row for him, twenty straight scoreless innings,

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<v Speaker 2>and most importantly with this game, tipping his hat to

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<v Speaker 2>the Lone Depot Park crowd as he becomes the Marlins

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<v Speaker 2>franchises all time leader and nings pitched Kevin. Do you've

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<v Speaker 2>covered at least one, if not two or three of

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<v Speaker 2>his separate records setting games this year he keeps breaking

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<v Speaker 2>different Marlins franchise records. Thanks to his longevity, He's continued excellence.

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<v Speaker 2>So this most recent one was one that's about as

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<v Speaker 2>important as any of the others. For a guy that

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<v Speaker 2>takes pride in being such a workhorse and an innings

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<v Speaker 2>either he has now eaten more innings than any Marlins

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<v Speaker 2>pitcher ever. Just dive into this particular game and how

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<v Speaker 2>he's been lately, the fact that this this season is

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<v Speaker 2>now turning into not a cy young caliber one, but

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<v Speaker 2>he is as he gets to these records, as he

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<v Speaker 2>gets into his thirties, he's still performing at an extremely

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<v Speaker 2>high level for this team.

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<v Speaker 1>What a bad year to be Ricky in Alaska. Right.

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<v Speaker 1>You have this wall at the Marlins Museum with every

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<v Speaker 1>record on it. Next year it's gonna be gone, because

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<v Speaker 1>Sandy's probably gonna break the record for most most starts

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<v Speaker 1>with franchise history. He's like four or five away from

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<v Speaker 1>breaking Ricky's record. So uh yeah, this only cements that

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<v Speaker 1>Sandy's probably the best pitcher of Marlins franchise history. He

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<v Speaker 1>prides himself on going as deep into games as he can.

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<v Speaker 1>He goes out there assuming he's gonna pitch all nine innings,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know, in a game like today, where there's

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<v Speaker 1>innings limits and pitt starters don't go deep into games,

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<v Speaker 1>what Sandy does is very valuable to the Marlins and

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<v Speaker 1>is what's made him valuable regardless of even when he

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<v Speaker 1>has struggled. You know, in seasons past, like last season,

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<v Speaker 1>there's a reason why team still wanted Sandy regardless of

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<v Speaker 1>the struggles, because he could go six, seven, maybe even

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<v Speaker 1>eight innings as a start. And he showed that in

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<v Speaker 1>the month of June that it was probably one of

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<v Speaker 1>his better months of his career. I got to say,

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<v Speaker 1>because it was back to back to back seven innings

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<v Speaker 1>starts and going deep into games and just the way

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<v Speaker 1>he does it. And I think he's now completed seven innings.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to say seven or eight times this season,

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<v Speaker 1>he's gone into the eighth of couple had a complete

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<v Speaker 1>game shutout. I still believe that's the only complete game

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<v Speaker 1>shutout in baseball this season. So I also think this

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<v Speaker 1>you could have made the case this is probably something

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<v Speaker 1>he could have broken all last year, assuming he would

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<v Speaker 1>have pitched in twenty twenty four. But regardless, no, Sandy

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<v Speaker 1>continues to do his thing and every fifth day. You

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<v Speaker 1>look at Sandy as a guy who not only resets

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<v Speaker 1>your bullpen, but if you're on a losing streak or

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<v Speaker 1>in a bad stretch of baseball, he's kind of the

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<v Speaker 1>guy that's gonna flip things around and kind of get

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<v Speaker 1>the Marlins on the right side. And we saw that

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<v Speaker 1>last night with Sandy who Martins were what losers are

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<v Speaker 1>four straight and he comes in and you know, kind

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<v Speaker 1>of ends a losing streak. And unfortunately, I think I

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<v Speaker 1>was talking to Nate about this yesterday at the ballpark.

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<v Speaker 1>If he hadn't given up the home or to yard on,

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<v Speaker 1>I think it would have been one had one of

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<v Speaker 1>the best eras in like a certain stretch of the season,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's unfortunate, But at the end of the day,

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<v Speaker 1>you know what, Sandy's here and he's gonna be super

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<v Speaker 1>crucial to this Marvels team that last time I checked

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<v Speaker 1>was two and a half games back of the third

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<v Speaker 1>wildcard spot. And you know, for a team that content,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, wants to contend, he's the right guy to

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<v Speaker 1>have out there.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean cretching the way that. I don't think

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<v Speaker 2>it was much of a conversation heading up to the

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<v Speaker 2>trade deadline this year, but we know that Martins are

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<v Speaker 2>listening on almost all their players with the exception of Sandy,

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<v Speaker 2>and the timing of this works out pretty well, just

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<v Speaker 2>like last year where last year he really turned it

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<v Speaker 2>on towards the second half of the season and now

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<v Speaker 2>really validating their their decision to hold onto him, to

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<v Speaker 2>take him off the table to they're treating him differently

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<v Speaker 2>than they they have all these other Marlin stars.

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<v Speaker 3>Of the past.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, you've you've gone through it so much throughout

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<v Speaker 2>this Marvelin's history of guys that when they get close

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<v Speaker 2>to the ends of their club control, they get traded

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<v Speaker 2>because the Marlins aren't going to resign them via free agency.

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<v Speaker 2>I think with Sandy that would still be a massive

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<v Speaker 2>surprise if they kept him beyond his current deal, But

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<v Speaker 2>as he gets closer to the end of it, like

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<v Speaker 2>it's isn't it refreshing just to see them kind of

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<v Speaker 2>value the actual both the combination of the on field

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<v Speaker 2>value and the intangible stuff that he has as this

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<v Speaker 2>like franchise legend and having that outweigh the actual business

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<v Speaker 2>of baseball. And it's one of the rare instances where

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<v Speaker 2>they don't operate like a small market team or they

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<v Speaker 2>make an exception for a guy like this. I know

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<v Speaker 2>that the fan base as a whole have kind of

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<v Speaker 2>been yearning for them to treat somebody like that, to

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<v Speaker 2>hold them, to give them the respect that they deserve

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<v Speaker 2>after being around so long and being so productive.

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<v Speaker 4>It's true, and it's one of those weird things where

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<v Speaker 4>like a lot of the fans, not a lot of

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<v Speaker 4>the like real hardcore fans, like the ones that take

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<v Speaker 4>the time to listen to shows like this, but a

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<v Speaker 4>lot of like the casual peripheral fans that are just

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<v Speaker 4>kind of around the Miami market love to say that, like,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, I don't watch the Marlins because they always

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<v Speaker 4>get rid of their good guys. They never hold on

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<v Speaker 4>to guys. You have a guy right here who's been

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<v Speaker 4>here for almost a decade, who has been pretty tremendous

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<v Speaker 4>almost every year he's been here, and the Marlins have

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<v Speaker 4>done a good job in holding on to him, even

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<v Speaker 4>though there's been two or three deadline cycles where they

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<v Speaker 4>absolutely could have gotten rid of them, especially this time around.

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<v Speaker 4>And I do think the Marlins get The Marlins deserve

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<v Speaker 4>a lot of the criticism they get for a lot

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<v Speaker 4>of the guys that they've given up, but this is

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<v Speaker 4>one where I do think that they deserve the credit

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<v Speaker 4>for doing exactly what the fan base has been asking

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<v Speaker 4>them to do for about twenty years now, So I

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<v Speaker 4>think they deserve a little bit of credit for that.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, let me see if I can pull up a

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<v Speaker 2>larger list of all the records that he now holds.

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<v Speaker 2>And this isn't even a complete one at this time,

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<v Speaker 2>depending on how much you want to dive into it,

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<v Speaker 2>but he had well, this is him setting the franchise

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<v Speaker 2>record for total endings pitch. So he's five clear from

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<v Speaker 2>Alasco now and he has nearly two months left to

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<v Speaker 2>continue to build that lead before I'm going to take

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<v Speaker 2>a closer look at this, but this is going to

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<v Speaker 2>be one of the records that's going to be closest

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<v Speaker 2>to unbreakable with the way that the Marlins handle their

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<v Speaker 2>pitchers and the way that pitchers themselves are used, like

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<v Speaker 2>he is such an anomaly this year in particular, like

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<v Speaker 2>this year he is head and shoulders ahead of everybody

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<v Speaker 2>else in baseball in ending's pitch. Guys are just on

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<v Speaker 2>shorter leashes these days due to injury concerns, and uh,

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<v Speaker 2>this is let's see, we'll see how long he has

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<v Speaker 2>to add to this, because he does have next year

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<v Speaker 2>under club control as well via a club option. If

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<v Speaker 2>the Marlins are going to be willing to pay him

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<v Speaker 2>twenty one million dollars next season, and he's certain his

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<v Speaker 2>market value is certainly going to be higher than that,

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<v Speaker 2>so he's going to be worth it either to them

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<v Speaker 2>or to another team. And then that's still the question

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<v Speaker 2>of how much next season gets played. Of course, even so,

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<v Speaker 2>like this is a number just to put him into

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<v Speaker 2>person active, the closest active Marlin to Sandy in total

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<v Speaker 2>Ennings pitch as a Marlin is Yuri Perez. He's not

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<v Speaker 2>even at three hundred like Sandy has quadrupled anybody else

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<v Speaker 2>that's an active pitcher on this team. It just shows you,

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<v Speaker 2>like how much different he is than everybody else. How

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<v Speaker 2>they hold him in this different category based on his

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<v Speaker 2>high upside, whereas all these other pieces seem kind of

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<v Speaker 2>almost interchangeable. But he's he's just different. He's just built different,

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<v Speaker 2>as people say, and he's the perfect example of that

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<v Speaker 2>where even if he's not the best pitcher in the league,

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<v Speaker 2>he is still immensely valuable and for a team that

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<v Speaker 2>has had a lot of unproven guys not only in

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<v Speaker 2>the rotation but in the bullpen this year, like him

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<v Speaker 2>eating those innings has been super valuable. Yeah, Kevin, if

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<v Speaker 2>you were to guess, is like, are we ever going

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<v Speaker 2>to see a Marlin's pitcher reached that kind of specifically

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<v Speaker 2>when it comes to these nings pitch, like, is anybody

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<v Speaker 2>gonna sniff this record again? Just to show the leaderboard,

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<v Speaker 2>Nobody had really come close since in Alaska in recent years,

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<v Speaker 2>like Dontrelle Willis pitched before in Alaska. Did Josh Johnson

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<v Speaker 2>that was almost fifteen years go when he finished his Marlin.

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<v Speaker 3>Sender, he didn't really come close. And then you're looking

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<v Speaker 3>at a J.

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<v Speaker 2>Burnett who was hundreds and hundreds of vennings below. Is

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<v Speaker 2>anybody gonna touch this record? And if so, like who

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<v Speaker 2>is maybe a long shot candidate to get there someday.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, No, nobody's touching this record. I think it's as

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<v Speaker 1>simple as that. If there were someone to do it,

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<v Speaker 1>I guess Yuri maybe. I guess you gotta look at Yuri.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe Thomas White. I don't know. I just don't think

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<v Speaker 1>it's gonna get touched. And it's very again, it's very

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<v Speaker 1>rare to see guys go deep into games in this

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<v Speaker 1>era of baseball. It's just how it is. The best

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<v Speaker 1>of the best don't do it unless their pitch count

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<v Speaker 1>is in a very good spot. Sandy Sandy averages about

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred something pitches a game, Like that's just how

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<v Speaker 1>it is, and that's how he's built. That's how he

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<v Speaker 1>builds himself up during the offseason, and the Marlins allow that.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, he's the one guy that they treat differently.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that's what you mentioned, Like this is this

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<v Speaker 1>is a guy that guys Yuri Press was throwing a

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<v Speaker 1>perfect game and he got taken out into eighth inning.

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<v Speaker 1>Sandy a Contra could get up six runs and he's

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<v Speaker 1>in the seventh inning and he's finishing the seventh inning.

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<v Speaker 1>That's just how it is, and I just don't see

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<v Speaker 1>anyone breaking that record.

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<v Speaker 4>Because it's not just that he goes deep into games,

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<v Speaker 4>it's that people don't talk about us a lot because

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<v Speaker 4>he's still recently off Tommy John surgery. But he's durable,

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<v Speaker 4>like other than the Tommy John here, he starts pretty

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<v Speaker 4>much every game. Like he's not like the Edward Cabrera type,

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<v Speaker 4>so Max Meyer types, where like Edward Cabrera is getting

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<v Speaker 4>a blister like every other month, like Sandy makes every

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<v Speaker 4>single start he's supposed to.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, this is the other table I'm meant to well

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<v Speaker 2>the tweet I should say they've meant to pull up

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<v Speaker 2>before where he's the only Marlins win a cy young

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<v Speaker 2>of course, and he already had the strikeout record from

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<v Speaker 2>earlier this year. He had the quality starts record from

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<v Speaker 2>a few weeks ago. And he's the winningest pitcher in

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<v Speaker 2>Lone Depot Park history as well by a few that's

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<v Speaker 2>another record he said earlier this year. So he's some

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<v Speaker 2>chance to build some breathing room right there. Let's touch

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<v Speaker 2>on some other things from the series before we get

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<v Speaker 2>to tours and the ripple effects of that. This is

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<v Speaker 2>a series where like the Marlins head as much pressure

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<v Speaker 2>to win as we've seen in a while, because this

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<v Speaker 2>is an Angels seem that the worst record in baseball

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<v Speaker 2>entering this series, they had sold for a very rare

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<v Speaker 2>exception in their franchise's history. They'd actually gotten rid of

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<v Speaker 2>talents at the deadline, and they just came in with

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<v Speaker 2>Mike Trout, Zachnetto, and a whole bunch of question marks

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<v Speaker 2>up and down the roster. So they win that first game,

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<v Speaker 2>they eke it out four to three. But this is

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<v Speaker 2>the stat that really like blew me away, the fact

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<v Speaker 2>that by run differential, this was the most dominant Marvelin

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<v Speaker 2>series of the entire season. They outscored the Angels by

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<v Speaker 2>fifteen runs over the course of the three games, which

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<v Speaker 2>is something that we just have not seen them do

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<v Speaker 2>at any point this season. Even in series where they've

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<v Speaker 2>swept the opposition, it's never been by that big margin.

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<v Speaker 2>But both the Saturday and Sunday games were comfortable, so

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<v Speaker 2>aside from Sandy and aside from Stowers. So we'll get

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<v Speaker 2>to in a moment, Kevin, just what stood out about

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<v Speaker 2>this series? You know, not ideal would have been sweeping,

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<v Speaker 2>but still overall, taking care of business and really flexing

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<v Speaker 2>their must those the last two games.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to go to that first game, and I

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<v Speaker 1>know we're gonna talk about the lost, but I think

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<v Speaker 1>this is a conversation that needs to be had because

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<v Speaker 1>I appreciate aggressive base running, I really do. I think

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<v Speaker 1>the Marlins should emphasize that that there's a reason to

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<v Speaker 1>do that. But sometimes aggressiveness leads to losing games and

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<v Speaker 1>outs on the bases, and we've seen that twice. We

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<v Speaker 1>saw that twice this week. The Marlins got in the

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<v Speaker 1>ninth inning two outs in Atlanta, out at third because

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<v Speaker 1>you go for a double steal minding with two strikes.

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<v Speaker 1>And I know this is a big conversation we had,

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<v Speaker 1>and I know Croutchak has thoughts on it too, and

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<v Speaker 1>we could talk about that, but that should not happen.

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<v Speaker 1>Then on Friday, bottom of the ninth Javier Sonoja with

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<v Speaker 1>the double and it's not very far double, like, it's

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<v Speaker 1>pretty close, like it goes into foul territory. Blake Lolli

0:12:51.600 --> 0:12:55.079
<v Speaker 1>is waiving, what was it? Leo Himan is home when

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<v Speaker 1>Jose Siria already had the ball in his hand, it

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<v Speaker 1>was motioning to throw and he got being like it

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<v Speaker 1>was close. They reviewed it, you could have even made

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<v Speaker 1>the case that it was gonna be safe, but unfortunately

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<v Speaker 1>to call it at the moment was that out And

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<v Speaker 1>usually in those cases it's very tough to overturn something

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<v Speaker 1>like that, and they're work going to overturn it. Marlins

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<v Speaker 1>lost twice this week that this happens. I want to

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<v Speaker 1>say that the Marlins are third or fourth in Baseball

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<v Speaker 1>in outs at home plate this season, and I think

0:13:22.480 --> 0:13:24.400
<v Speaker 1>they're at the top of baseball and outs at third

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<v Speaker 1>or outs on the bases in general. So you appreciate

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<v Speaker 1>the aggressiveness, but aggressiveness sometimes leads to losses. And they

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<v Speaker 1>lost two games this week where that happens. And you

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<v Speaker 1>know what, they probably would have lost those games regardless

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<v Speaker 1>if who knows what could have happened, But you don't

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<v Speaker 1>lose them on the basis you lose them with Javier

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<v Speaker 1>Sonoha grounding out to short or or whoever was up

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<v Speaker 1>a droll Mac was up flying out to right, Like

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<v Speaker 1>that's how you lose the game. Not at the bases.

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<v Speaker 4>I've never seen Blake Lawley put up a stop sign.

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<v Speaker 4>I would like to issue a challenge to any of

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<v Speaker 4>our listeners to send us a video in which Blake

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<v Speaker 4>Lollly is putting up a stop sign for a runner

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<v Speaker 4>going around third. I do like the send. I have

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<v Speaker 4>a problem with stupid base running everyone. There was no

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<v Speaker 4>mistake made. Blake Lolly and Leojanmennez thought that he could

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<v Speaker 4>be the throat, and so he sent him. I have

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<v Speaker 4>more of an issue with guys making stupid outs, like

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<v Speaker 4>a couple of weeks so, I don't remember the exact

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<v Speaker 4>details of it, but Jacob Marcia a couple of times

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<v Speaker 4>this year has gotten thrown out on the bases because

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<v Speaker 4>he like hesitates going to the next base or realizes

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<v Speaker 4>that he's in a pickle and then goes to a

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<v Speaker 4>base that he shouldn't be going to. And he's not

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<v Speaker 4>the only guy. It's just that's the most recent example

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<v Speaker 4>I could think of. That's the kind of stuff that

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<v Speaker 4>I hate seeing. I don't really mind seeing Leohan Meenez.

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<v Speaker 4>That was overly aggressive, maybe more aggressive than what I

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<v Speaker 4>would prefer, but it's not stupid. It's kind of the

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<v Speaker 4>same thing with the double steal that ended the game

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<v Speaker 4>in Atlanta. It was a well executed still, they both

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<v Speaker 4>went as soon as they both got good jumps. It

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<v Speaker 4>was an aggressive call with hobbies Sooha to play. He

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<v Speaker 4>doesn't have a whole lot of power, and with the

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<v Speaker 4>guys that were on base, you think, okay, if these

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<v Speaker 4>guys are in motion when the ball is hit, both

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<v Speaker 4>of them are scoring if they're in motion and one

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<v Speaker 4>of them is already standing on third because we executed

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<v Speaker 4>the double steel properly. I don't mind stuff like that.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm cool with the aggressive sens. I'm cool with the

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<v Speaker 4>aggresive steels as long as you are sure in what

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<v Speaker 4>you are doing and not just getting picked off on

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<v Speaker 4>the bases because you made a mental error.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know if you guys saw this moment in

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<v Speaker 2>the game today. It was in the very first inning

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<v Speaker 2>when X was he started to play on second base

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<v Speaker 2>and he ends up scoring on the error that the

0:15:37.640 --> 0:15:39.320
<v Speaker 2>Angels made, one of several that they made over the

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<v Speaker 2>course of the series. But Blake it started as Blake

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<v Speaker 2>lollly and I wasn't planning on bringing it up, but

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<v Speaker 2>now that we got on this topic here, it is

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<v Speaker 2>just for people that may not have seen about this

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<v Speaker 2>was X running from second to third, the ball gets

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<v Speaker 2>thrown into the outfield and Blake Laly is like doing

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<v Speaker 2>everything you possibly can, so like tell X, go home,

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<v Speaker 2>go home, go and it takes him like three seconds.

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<v Speaker 3>I actually take notice.

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<v Speaker 2>So it was in a moment like that that I'm

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<v Speaker 2>wondering was he really was there any sort of hesitation

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<v Speaker 2>there going on in his minds, like knowing that Lolly

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<v Speaker 2>had gotten several other guys thrown at at home, that

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<v Speaker 2>maybe he was second guessing it a little bit.

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<v Speaker 3>But I just love I love how close he gets.

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<v Speaker 2>He gets like almost into X's back pocket, pointing him

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<v Speaker 2>to score home.

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<v Speaker 3>And he gets in.

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<v Speaker 2>It was pretty awkward in that he doesn't even slide

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<v Speaker 2>coming into home as well. I don't think he was

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<v Speaker 2>like totally aware of the circumstances there.

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<v Speaker 1>It is.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a guy that I wouldn't say the hot seat

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't write the right way to put it, because I

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<v Speaker 2>don't think the Marlins are gonna make any mid season

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<v Speaker 2>coaching changes at this point, But realistically that's something that

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sure they're gonna have to evaluate after the season

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<v Speaker 2>when it comes to that, given the number of bouts

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<v Speaker 2>they've made. Even though Clayton McCullough has been pretty vehement

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<v Speaker 2>in his support of the decisions that they make. But

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<v Speaker 2>that's what he has to be in public, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>that's how he has to present it, even though I

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<v Speaker 2>think as everybody watching from home recognizes that it's it

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<v Speaker 2>feels like it's done more harm than good when it

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<v Speaker 2>comes to pushing guys in those situations and understanding just

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<v Speaker 2>all aspects of the play. Like in the case of

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<v Speaker 2>the Amendez one, I think that one more so had

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<v Speaker 2>to do with understanding the defender in that case where

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<v Speaker 2>Jose Siri, even though he's not playing center field in

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<v Speaker 2>that situation, he has been an elite defensive outfielder in

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<v Speaker 2>the past, and he does have a great arm. He

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<v Speaker 2>is probably the better for a guy that was playing

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<v Speaker 2>left field in that situation. He's about as strong an

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<v Speaker 2>arm as he get from a left fielder. So he

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<v Speaker 2>made a great throw. He's a candidate to make that

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<v Speaker 2>kind of throw, just because you have to know they

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<v Speaker 2>have to know that in your scouting report that if

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<v Speaker 2>he's in the game in that situation, it's not going

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<v Speaker 2>to be your typical play from a left fielder on

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<v Speaker 2>that position of the field. You have to make those

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<v Speaker 2>mental adjustments and that decision at the time. So that

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<v Speaker 2>was one where I can see both sides of that equation.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's to me that wasn't like an egregious mistake,

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<v Speaker 2>but to me I would have aired on the opposite side,

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<v Speaker 2>just when you take everything into consideration, which is with

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<v Speaker 2>the third base coach has to do in that spot.

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<v Speaker 3>So yeah, as we we'll see.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a lot easier to harp on that stuff when

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<v Speaker 2>it's a one run loss in that situation. That was

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<v Speaker 2>a game where the Marlins left a lot of runners

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<v Speaker 2>on base, so their offense really flexed the muscles on

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<v Speaker 2>Saturday and Sunday in terms of catching in those runs.

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<v Speaker 2>And on Friday they had plenty of opportunities to do

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<v Speaker 2>so as well, and just didn't convert at the same

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<v Speaker 2>clip as they had before. So one more time, just

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<v Speaker 2>pulling up this seriously. Three games against the Angels, Mike

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<v Speaker 2>Tratt did hit his usual home run against the Marlins.

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<v Speaker 2>He's been in the limited exposure to the Marlins through

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<v Speaker 2>the years, he's been in peak form, and in the

0:18:27.680 --> 0:18:29.000
<v Speaker 2>first game of the series is when he hit a

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<v Speaker 2>home run that ended up making the difference at the

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<v Speaker 2>very end for the Angels to win that one. But otherwise, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>pretty emphatic victories, Sandy's starting the Saturday game, and on

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<v Speaker 2>Sunday they just got offense from absolutely everywhere on this team,

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<v Speaker 2>multi hit games up and down this lineup, so that

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<v Speaker 2>it wasn't really too much of a question even on

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<v Speaker 2>a day when Ryan Gusto was starting and he knew

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<v Speaker 2>who won't go deep into the game. Once it got

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<v Speaker 2>to that fifth ending is on, the Marlins really blew

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<v Speaker 2>it open right there. Something I'll bring up is that

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<v Speaker 2>both Otto Lopez and Xavier Edwards were in pretty quiet

0:19:00.600 --> 0:19:03.000
<v Speaker 2>but significant slump setting into this one. They'd really both

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<v Speaker 2>fallen off, going back to like the losing streak that

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<v Speaker 2>began a month ago. Throughout most of July and early August,

0:19:07.600 --> 0:19:09.760
<v Speaker 2>those guys hadn't been doing much, but both of them

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<v Speaker 2>really turned it on this weekends. In Saturday, in particular,

0:19:12.800 --> 0:19:14.919
<v Speaker 2>both of them I clicked it on with multied games

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<v Speaker 2>and then again here on Sunday, Ex's birthday. Coincidentally, he

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<v Speaker 2>is another big game going on right there. So, Kevin,

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<v Speaker 2>as we've looked at it, the Martins rely a lot

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<v Speaker 2>on those guys, and they shouldn't take it for granted

0:19:28.720 --> 0:19:30.840
<v Speaker 2>the fact that they've been as productive as they've been

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<v Speaker 2>all season long. They've been one of the better middle

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<v Speaker 2>infields in all baseball in twenty twenty six, and the

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<v Speaker 2>depth behind them is kind of shaky, right, It's Maximo

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<v Speaker 2>o Costa, it's Jared Serena. Like, if those guys go

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<v Speaker 2>down with for an injury of any length of time,

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<v Speaker 2>then it's a pretty steep drop off in quality. And

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<v Speaker 2>so for this recent stretch where those guys haven't been

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<v Speaker 2>hitting the way that we were accustomed to throughout the

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<v Speaker 2>entire first half of the year, it's isn't it kind

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<v Speaker 2>of just refreshing to see them break out in this

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<v Speaker 2>way to understand, like to understand that you need those

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<v Speaker 2>guys to be awesome the rest of the season for

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<v Speaker 2>this team to actually stay in the race, and at

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<v Speaker 2>least for these last few days they kind of looks

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<v Speaker 2>like the best versions of themselves again.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, especially with Otto. Otto really had struggled coming out

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<v Speaker 1>of the All Star breaking ops under six hundred, just

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<v Speaker 1>not looking like himself, and honestly, you can make the

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<v Speaker 1>case that's probably the thing with his finger where he

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<v Speaker 1>got hit that maybe is affecting him a little bit.

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<v Speaker 1>But something to keep in mind too, is the depth

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<v Speaker 1>behind them has somewhat performed. Like we need to talk

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<v Speaker 1>about Griffin knin Man, Like this guy has come out

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<v Speaker 1>of it, Like after the All Star break, this dude

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<v Speaker 1>has probably been the best player on the Marlins. Like

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<v Speaker 1>there's no other way to put it. He has this

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<v Speaker 1>season a one WRC plus. I know it's fifty one games,

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<v Speaker 1>but dude, I mean, twelve homers twenty six RBIs like

0:20:51.680 --> 0:20:54.480
<v Speaker 1>he's walking over ten percent of the time he's he's

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<v Speaker 1>been really good. He's been really really good, even they're

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<v Speaker 1>into losing streak. If there's one guy to talk about

0:20:59.000 --> 0:21:01.600
<v Speaker 1>during that losing streak, it was Griff Two homers today,

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<v Speaker 1>a hardest hit ball this season for anymore, And I

0:21:03.400 --> 0:21:06.040
<v Speaker 1>think I was at one to fifteen was there. I mean,

0:21:06.359 --> 0:21:08.840
<v Speaker 1>he's really good. He's really good. There's another way to

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<v Speaker 1>put a Casey finally seems like he's starting to get

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<v Speaker 1>things going a little bit. Had a pretty nice series Mac.

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<v Speaker 1>I know it's been up and down offensively, but yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you need Xceinado that that doesn't change anything. You know,

0:21:20.920 --> 0:21:22.720
<v Speaker 1>those guys are the ones that set you up in

0:21:22.760 --> 0:21:26.600
<v Speaker 1>that lineup, and with hours out now the pressures on

0:21:26.680 --> 0:21:30.080
<v Speaker 1>them to perform so and I think you're gonna be

0:21:30.080 --> 0:21:31.959
<v Speaker 1>seeing I think Xit that cleanup spot has actually been

0:21:31.960 --> 0:21:34.040
<v Speaker 1>pretty good. I think Auto is probably gonna start leading

0:21:34.080 --> 0:21:36.960
<v Speaker 1>off or hitting second in this lineup. But I gotta say,

0:21:37.320 --> 0:21:39.360
<v Speaker 1>ever since the leam Hicks tray, they've really missed him.

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<v Speaker 1>I think they really have missed him. And I'm looking

0:21:41.840 --> 0:21:44.080
<v Speaker 1>at his numbers on the rays. He had a grand Slam.

0:21:44.119 --> 0:21:47.200
<v Speaker 1>He He's put up great at bats like they missed

0:21:47.240 --> 0:21:48.960
<v Speaker 1>Liam Kix and I think they missed him a lot

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<v Speaker 1>right now too. But you can never predict injuries. So

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<v Speaker 1>uh yeah, Griff and Cohenen has been a stud and

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<v Speaker 1>they're really gonna need Xsinado now for the rest of

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<v Speaker 1>the season, especially they they're trying to make this playoff.

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<v Speaker 2>Put Yeah, go ahead, credit tell us more about Griff

0:22:06.600 --> 0:22:07.680
<v Speaker 2>in his beautiful eyes.

0:22:10.840 --> 0:22:14.880
<v Speaker 4>Man Griffin. Griffin and his eyes have both played the

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<v Speaker 4>most amount of games since they've been in Miami, and

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<v Speaker 4>I don't think that's coincidence that this is the longest continuous,

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<v Speaker 4>uninterrupted stretch that he's played in Miami. And it's also

0:22:27.880 --> 0:22:31.479
<v Speaker 4>the best that he's done. Like he impressed us the

0:22:31.480 --> 0:22:34.000
<v Speaker 4>first season that he was in the majors. He had

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<v Speaker 4>a very respectful, respectable stat line, a lot of good

0:22:37.119 --> 0:22:39.159
<v Speaker 4>underlying number. He struck out a lot, but when he

0:22:39.200 --> 0:22:43.240
<v Speaker 4>got the bat on the ball, it looked great. And

0:22:43.720 --> 0:22:45.480
<v Speaker 4>he dealt injuries. He dealt with a lot of injury.

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<v Speaker 4>He dealt with the dislocated shoulder last year, right when

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<v Speaker 4>everyone was talking about how great he was in April.

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<v Speaker 4>This year, he's doing great. He had a stint on

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<v Speaker 4>the il earlier in the air, but then he's been

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<v Speaker 4>tremendous and it's the longest continuous stretch that he's played here,

0:23:03.680 --> 0:23:05.159
<v Speaker 4>and I think that that's helped him a lot, like

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<v Speaker 4>to not be up and down, up and down, that

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<v Speaker 4>he's just been able to be a starter, just go

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<v Speaker 4>out there and play every day or almost every day,

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<v Speaker 4>and have consistent reps and consistent playing time. The other

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<v Speaker 4>thing that I've noticed just in the stat cast is

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<v Speaker 4>he's pulling the ball so much more than any other year.

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<v Speaker 4>And I don't know if that's a byproduct of the

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<v Speaker 4>things he's working on or if that's something that he's

0:23:25.880 --> 0:23:32.160
<v Speaker 4>doing on purpose to maximize his power, like he pulled

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<v Speaker 4>that ball today, But that's like the biggest difference that

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<v Speaker 4>I'm seeing between this year and every other year on

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<v Speaker 4>stat Caster, just the amount that he's pulling.

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<v Speaker 3>The ball, pulling it more.

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<v Speaker 2>Ground ball rate is a little bit lower. So some

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<v Speaker 2>final words on him before going to break it. It

0:23:48.600 --> 0:23:51.080
<v Speaker 2>really is sometimes as simple when it comes to the results,

0:23:51.119 --> 0:23:54.320
<v Speaker 2>the fact that first two years, fifty four combined games

0:23:54.359 --> 0:23:57.080
<v Speaker 2>and the Major is only homeward five times five homers

0:23:57.119 --> 0:23:59.520
<v Speaker 2>in fifty four games. This year it's almost an identical

0:23:59.560 --> 0:24:02.240
<v Speaker 2>sample as those two years combined. It's fifty two games

0:24:02.240 --> 0:24:04.520
<v Speaker 2>and it's twelve homer so more than twice as many.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's the byproduct of that of pulling the ball

0:24:07.560 --> 0:24:09.960
<v Speaker 2>more often. He's a guy that has power to all fields.

0:24:10.560 --> 0:24:12.360
<v Speaker 2>He was a minor league home run champ a few

0:24:12.400 --> 0:24:15.040
<v Speaker 2>years ago. The exit vlows that we're seeing today, that

0:24:15.080 --> 0:24:16.760
<v Speaker 2>we've seen this year, those have always been there. He's

0:24:16.760 --> 0:24:18.920
<v Speaker 2>always really stood out from that regard where he doesn't

0:24:18.920 --> 0:24:20.359
<v Speaker 2>have to get his a swing on a ball to

0:24:20.400 --> 0:24:22.520
<v Speaker 2>hit it out. So to me, it was kind of

0:24:22.520 --> 0:24:25.000
<v Speaker 2>a surprising profile to him his first couple of years

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<v Speaker 2>in the big league that I was expecting more slug

0:24:27.600 --> 0:24:30.640
<v Speaker 2>but also some more strikeouts and some maybe some more

0:24:30.800 --> 0:24:34.960
<v Speaker 2>questionable plate discipline, and overall he has overachieved when it comes

0:24:34.960 --> 0:24:37.040
<v Speaker 2>to plate discipline, and now the power has arrived.

0:24:37.080 --> 0:24:37.760
<v Speaker 3>Now he's hitting for.

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<v Speaker 2>Power exactly the way as was advertised, And all of

0:24:40.119 --> 0:24:42.359
<v Speaker 2>a sudden, you have a guy that is knocking on

0:24:42.400 --> 0:24:44.680
<v Speaker 2>the door of being an elite hitter, at least against

0:24:44.760 --> 0:24:46.840
<v Speaker 2>right handed pitching. You know, maybe it's a step too

0:24:46.880 --> 0:24:49.960
<v Speaker 2>far to say, like he should be playing every single day,

0:24:50.200 --> 0:24:52.400
<v Speaker 2>but at least when he has the platoon advantage, which

0:24:52.440 --> 0:24:55.439
<v Speaker 2>is the vast majority of games, like he's a beast.

0:24:55.560 --> 0:24:57.720
<v Speaker 2>And so he shows again today. The numbers scoot a

0:24:57.760 --> 0:24:59.560
<v Speaker 2>tiny bit because at the end of today's game, hitting

0:24:59.560 --> 0:25:02.200
<v Speaker 2>a home run and off a position player something that

0:25:02.240 --> 0:25:04.120
<v Speaker 2>we haven't taken into account too much, but I think

0:25:04.119 --> 0:25:07.199
<v Speaker 2>that speaks to the fact that a uniquely dominant weekend

0:25:07.200 --> 0:25:09.000
<v Speaker 2>from the Marlins that they faced the position player. They

0:25:09.000 --> 0:25:11.280
<v Speaker 2>haven't done very much of that, even when they've had

0:25:11.320 --> 0:25:14.080
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0:25:20.359 --> 0:25:22.840
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0:26:27.359 --> 0:26:30.000
<v Speaker 2>things Kyle Stowers at this moment, fifth ending of today's game,

0:26:30.040 --> 0:26:32.480
<v Speaker 2>he essentially to me it was a hit that really

0:26:32.480 --> 0:26:34.880
<v Speaker 2>put the game away, put them up by eight runs

0:26:34.920 --> 0:26:36.840
<v Speaker 2>in the bottom of the fifth inning, a two run

0:26:36.920 --> 0:26:39.399
<v Speaker 2>single on during the weekends where he went six for

0:26:39.480 --> 0:26:42.040
<v Speaker 2>eleven at the play two walks like this is as

0:26:42.040 --> 0:26:44.120
<v Speaker 2>good as we've seen stours all year long.

0:26:44.320 --> 0:26:46.280
<v Speaker 3>And as he's rounding.

0:26:45.880 --> 0:26:48.840
<v Speaker 2>First base or I should say yeah, thinking about heading

0:26:48.840 --> 0:26:52.520
<v Speaker 2>towards seconds, he feels something in his hamstring and very

0:26:52.600 --> 0:26:55.480
<v Speaker 2>visibly frustrated with that, reaches forward in the moment one

0:26:55.480 --> 0:26:57.879
<v Speaker 2>of those situations where it was instantly apparent that something

0:26:57.960 --> 0:27:00.400
<v Speaker 2>was wrong. He's able to walk off under his own power,

0:27:00.480 --> 0:27:04.000
<v Speaker 2>but he didn't leave the game immediately, and the Marlins

0:27:04.080 --> 0:27:07.199
<v Speaker 2>just waiting on some additional tests to conclude the severity

0:27:07.600 --> 0:27:10.720
<v Speaker 2>of the issue. I've been around a while at this point.

0:27:10.960 --> 0:27:13.080
<v Speaker 2>As Kevin's still with us, maybe we hear from Alex

0:27:13.160 --> 0:27:15.560
<v Speaker 2>Krotchick again later. I've been around for a while at

0:27:15.560 --> 0:27:17.840
<v Speaker 2>this point when it comes to situations like this, and

0:27:17.880 --> 0:27:21.879
<v Speaker 2>whenever it's such an obvious acute pain in somebody's hamstring,

0:27:22.160 --> 0:27:24.160
<v Speaker 2>it's going to be an eyel sense. It's a question

0:27:24.200 --> 0:27:26.880
<v Speaker 2>about the severity, whether it's a minimum ten days, whether

0:27:26.880 --> 0:27:30.119
<v Speaker 2>it's a number of weeks, whether it's something more than that. Kevin,

0:27:30.119 --> 0:27:31.959
<v Speaker 2>this is a guy that had a hamstring injury right

0:27:32.000 --> 0:27:33.840
<v Speaker 2>at the start of the year, Like he got the

0:27:33.920 --> 0:27:35.880
<v Speaker 2>year off to a very ominous start for the Marlins,

0:27:35.880 --> 0:27:37.800
<v Speaker 2>where at the end of spring training he heard his

0:27:37.920 --> 0:27:41.960
<v Speaker 2>right ham string. Didn't come back until late April, and

0:27:42.480 --> 0:27:43.920
<v Speaker 2>when he did, it took a while to get going.

0:27:44.040 --> 0:27:46.760
<v Speaker 2>So now this is the other side, and it comes

0:27:46.840 --> 0:27:50.720
<v Speaker 2>during a time where he's really everything had turned on,

0:27:50.880 --> 0:27:52.919
<v Speaker 2>So you touched on it just a moment ago. This

0:27:53.040 --> 0:27:55.720
<v Speaker 2>comes right in the aftermath of them trading Liam Hicks,

0:27:55.760 --> 0:27:59.439
<v Speaker 2>so that probably makes his absence, losing to hours is

0:27:59.640 --> 0:28:01.840
<v Speaker 2>all that more painful, given that they don't have that

0:28:01.960 --> 0:28:03.560
<v Speaker 2>obvious next man up anymore.

0:28:04.720 --> 0:28:07.800
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and that's tough because Sowers finally looked like it

0:28:07.840 --> 0:28:09.840
<v Speaker 1>was turning the corner and you're starting to get some

0:28:09.880 --> 0:28:11.800
<v Speaker 1>of that production they really need, especially at the top

0:28:11.840 --> 0:28:14.040
<v Speaker 1>of the top of the order. He was leading off.

0:28:14.119 --> 0:28:15.840
<v Speaker 1>He let off i think almost every game of the series,

0:28:16.359 --> 0:28:18.600
<v Speaker 1>and since he's really come back or since you all

0:28:18.640 --> 0:28:20.639
<v Speaker 1>started breaking, they've tried to sort things up, try to

0:28:20.640 --> 0:28:22.959
<v Speaker 1>get some runs on the board early, and Stowars has

0:28:22.960 --> 0:28:26.040
<v Speaker 1>been that guy. So now you ask yourself, Hey, what's

0:28:26.080 --> 0:28:29.640
<v Speaker 1>going on here? Well, who's up next? They played low,

0:28:29.720 --> 0:28:32.120
<v Speaker 1>he meant us at first. I never want to see

0:28:32.119 --> 0:28:34.679
<v Speaker 1>that again, but there's a possibility they do try that.

0:28:34.840 --> 0:28:37.120
<v Speaker 1>And I think the other possibility no one mentions, and

0:28:37.160 --> 0:28:40.160
<v Speaker 1>we could probably see as grand Polly come back and

0:28:40.760 --> 0:28:43.200
<v Speaker 1>help out at first base and play some third base

0:28:43.240 --> 0:28:45.880
<v Speaker 1>while he meant his place first. That would be not

0:28:46.000 --> 0:28:48.880
<v Speaker 1>the best move, not the one I want to see,

0:28:49.640 --> 0:28:53.160
<v Speaker 1>but yeah, that's that's definitely an option. But I think

0:28:53.200 --> 0:28:55.920
<v Speaker 1>the two obvious guys to at least consider her in

0:28:55.960 --> 0:28:58.720
<v Speaker 1>a call up where Davison Delas Santos and Jonathan Long. Davison,

0:28:58.720 --> 0:29:00.840
<v Speaker 1>who already got a shot at the major league level

0:29:00.840 --> 0:29:02.920
<v Speaker 1>early early on in the year, literally second game of

0:29:02.920 --> 0:29:06.520
<v Speaker 1>the season. He got called up after Morrell went down

0:29:06.520 --> 0:29:09.880
<v Speaker 1>with the with the oblique or whatever. It was very

0:29:09.880 --> 0:29:13.000
<v Speaker 1>limited sample size, looked okay, he's been good in Triple A.

0:29:12.720 --> 0:29:16.120
<v Speaker 1>He had a homer yesterday, I believe, and he had

0:29:16.120 --> 0:29:18.960
<v Speaker 1>to hit today before the game got called they just

0:29:19.000 --> 0:29:21.400
<v Speaker 1>called the game. By the way, Jay Speck technically threw

0:29:21.640 --> 0:29:25.400
<v Speaker 1>a perfect game. By the way. Anyways, Jonathan Long, who

0:29:25.800 --> 0:29:28.640
<v Speaker 1>got acquired in the Braxton Garrit trade along with Jay Speck,

0:29:28.960 --> 0:29:31.160
<v Speaker 1>has been really good since coming to the Marlins. I

0:29:31.200 --> 0:29:33.120
<v Speaker 1>know it's four games, but he looks really good. He

0:29:33.120 --> 0:29:35.800
<v Speaker 1>could play the outfield, could play first base. I believe

0:29:35.840 --> 0:29:38.280
<v Speaker 1>he was the International Elite Player of the Week or

0:29:38.360 --> 0:29:41.920
<v Speaker 1>whatever it was, or of the month. Sorry, and yeah,

0:29:41.920 --> 0:29:43.320
<v Speaker 1>this is the guy who kind of was blocked in

0:29:43.360 --> 0:29:45.960
<v Speaker 1>the CUB system now has a pretty good opportunity with

0:29:46.000 --> 0:29:48.320
<v Speaker 1>the Marlins where he could see a lot of everyday

0:29:48.320 --> 0:29:50.440
<v Speaker 1>playing time with him if if he does get called up.

0:29:50.600 --> 0:29:52.760
<v Speaker 1>So those are two guys to consider, both on the

0:29:52.800 --> 0:29:55.320
<v Speaker 1>forty man. So that's easy to make the transaction. I

0:29:55.320 --> 0:29:58.000
<v Speaker 1>believe you just or not back. I don't know, I'm

0:29:58.040 --> 0:29:59.680
<v Speaker 1>not beck. I'm sorry as Long on the forty man,

0:29:59.720 --> 0:30:00.520
<v Speaker 1>I don't he.

0:30:00.600 --> 0:30:03.520
<v Speaker 2>Maybe it'd be great if we had a graphic that

0:30:03.560 --> 0:30:04.560
<v Speaker 2>we could pan too that.

0:30:04.600 --> 0:30:05.760
<v Speaker 3>Shows there it is.

0:30:08.360 --> 0:30:08.880
<v Speaker 1>There we go.

0:30:09.560 --> 0:30:12.760
<v Speaker 2>Yes, So I've Star Wars highlighted right there for the moment.

0:30:13.000 --> 0:30:15.400
<v Speaker 2>The Marlins have a rare opening on their forty men.

0:30:15.520 --> 0:30:18.080
<v Speaker 2>So right now, there's thirty nine players on this forty

0:30:18.880 --> 0:30:20.520
<v Speaker 2>of all the trade stuff.

0:30:20.760 --> 0:30:21.840
<v Speaker 3>Long is not one of them.

0:30:21.920 --> 0:30:23.800
<v Speaker 2>Yet. He's a guy that would be eligible for the

0:30:23.880 --> 0:30:26.719
<v Speaker 2>Rule five draft after the season, guy that the Marlins

0:30:26.760 --> 0:30:30.240
<v Speaker 2>clearly intends to place on their forty men and using

0:30:30.240 --> 0:30:32.520
<v Speaker 2>the big leagues in the not too distant future. It's

0:30:32.520 --> 0:30:35.120
<v Speaker 2>an interesting, it's a fascinating conversation, which is why we're

0:30:35.120 --> 0:30:38.160
<v Speaker 2>having it now because Long is deep into his second

0:30:38.160 --> 0:30:39.240
<v Speaker 2>full season at Triple A.

0:30:39.720 --> 0:30:40.320
<v Speaker 3>Davis and Dale.

0:30:40.320 --> 0:30:42.920
<v Speaker 2>Los Santos is now more than two full seasons into

0:30:42.960 --> 0:30:45.120
<v Speaker 2>his Triple A experience. Remember he got he was at

0:30:45.120 --> 0:30:48.960
<v Speaker 2>that level even before the trade to the Marlins two

0:30:49.080 --> 0:30:52.320
<v Speaker 2>seasons ago. Finished out twenty twenty four. Triple A struggled

0:30:52.320 --> 0:30:54.320
<v Speaker 2>a lot of last year on the fields, even a

0:30:54.360 --> 0:30:56.080
<v Speaker 2>little bit off the field from what we heard, and

0:30:56.120 --> 0:30:58.320
<v Speaker 2>then this year it's been a lot better. But it

0:30:58.360 --> 0:31:00.280
<v Speaker 2>does come with that caveo that it's a guy that's

0:31:00.360 --> 0:31:03.240
<v Speaker 2>repeating a level that we've seen him play up before.

0:31:03.400 --> 0:31:05.360
<v Speaker 2>So the numbers are a lot better this year. He

0:31:05.400 --> 0:31:08.880
<v Speaker 2>did hit another home run today. The plate discipline numbers

0:31:08.880 --> 0:31:10.840
<v Speaker 2>have improved quite a bit. The strikeout rate is even

0:31:10.840 --> 0:31:15.280
<v Speaker 2>lower than it's been before an interesting conversation there. For

0:31:15.360 --> 0:31:17.320
<v Speaker 2>one long it should be acknowledged he can play both

0:31:17.360 --> 0:31:19.600
<v Speaker 2>first base and the corner outfield spot, so that's a

0:31:19.640 --> 0:31:23.120
<v Speaker 2>pretty direct fill in forst Hours, Whereas with Dela Santos,

0:31:23.160 --> 0:31:26.080
<v Speaker 2>for anybody that's unfamiliar, used to be third base and

0:31:26.160 --> 0:31:29.120
<v Speaker 2>first base. He's exclusively first base. Now they've given him

0:31:29.120 --> 0:31:30.840
<v Speaker 2>a long leash at third and it didn't work out

0:31:30.840 --> 0:31:33.880
<v Speaker 2>with his throwing struggles there. So Dela Santos is only

0:31:33.920 --> 0:31:36.800
<v Speaker 2>a first base option, but he's one that has i'd

0:31:36.840 --> 0:31:41.080
<v Speaker 2>say even more raw power, one that the upside is

0:31:41.160 --> 0:31:44.160
<v Speaker 2>very interesting. And he is still just twenty three years old,

0:31:44.200 --> 0:31:47.120
<v Speaker 2>like he would be the youngest guy on this Marlins team,

0:31:47.120 --> 0:31:48.680
<v Speaker 2>even though it feels like he's been around a while.

0:31:48.720 --> 0:31:52.360
<v Speaker 2>Even though the prospect the prospect shine has really worn off.

0:31:52.360 --> 0:31:54.560
<v Speaker 2>He's the guy that fell outside of our top thirty list,

0:31:55.040 --> 0:31:58.280
<v Speaker 2>and SE's somebody that the downside is pretty low. If

0:31:58.320 --> 0:32:01.000
<v Speaker 2>he is just swinging at the wrong pitches, he's not

0:32:01.000 --> 0:32:02.840
<v Speaker 2>going to be successful. But at the same time, he

0:32:02.880 --> 0:32:04.960
<v Speaker 2>gotta give him some credit for improving, and the fact

0:32:04.960 --> 0:32:07.480
<v Speaker 2>that he's on the forty men already, I would say

0:32:07.520 --> 0:32:09.720
<v Speaker 2>is a factor that works into his favor. It's something

0:32:09.800 --> 0:32:12.600
<v Speaker 2>where you know the team doesn't have to overthink that decision.

0:32:12.720 --> 0:32:16.920
<v Speaker 2>He's the guy that's already he's I would say, I

0:32:16.960 --> 0:32:19.000
<v Speaker 2>haven't fully thought this through yet, but I would say

0:32:19.000 --> 0:32:20.600
<v Speaker 2>that I kind of lean towards I'd like to see

0:32:20.640 --> 0:32:23.320
<v Speaker 2>him get a shot that it's it feels like now

0:32:23.320 --> 0:32:25.360
<v Speaker 2>we're never for him, just given all the reps he's

0:32:25.360 --> 0:32:27.960
<v Speaker 2>already had at Triple A. And even if you're not

0:32:28.000 --> 0:32:29.720
<v Speaker 2>expecting him to play every day like that should be

0:32:29.720 --> 0:32:31.840
<v Speaker 2>noted too. He could call You're not necessarily calling somebody

0:32:31.920 --> 0:32:34.960
<v Speaker 2>up expecting them to fill Sour's shoes by playing every

0:32:34.960 --> 0:32:37.760
<v Speaker 2>single day, and Sours was playing, he had started twenty

0:32:37.800 --> 0:32:40.600
<v Speaker 2>eight consecutive games. He's been everyday player for this Marrol

0:32:40.600 --> 0:32:43.440
<v Speaker 2>and Steam. You're not expecting anybody to directly, one for

0:32:43.480 --> 0:32:46.040
<v Speaker 2>one fill his shoes. It's more about which of these

0:32:46.040 --> 0:32:49.040
<v Speaker 2>guys in Jacksonville it's most appropriate to call up. And

0:32:49.120 --> 0:32:50.920
<v Speaker 2>I kind of lean towards De la Santos. They do

0:32:51.000 --> 0:32:52.960
<v Speaker 2>have a lot of They have enough outfield depth, I

0:32:53.000 --> 0:32:56.280
<v Speaker 2>would say already on their active roster, between Casey and

0:32:56.360 --> 0:32:59.800
<v Speaker 2>Marcy and Ruiz still playing well and Bert and the

0:33:00.040 --> 0:33:02.760
<v Speaker 2>act that even Sonoha. Of course you Noha can pitch

0:33:03.000 --> 0:33:04.600
<v Speaker 2>and fill in at those spots, and he's been pretty

0:33:04.640 --> 0:33:07.080
<v Speaker 2>hot at the plate lately that I think it's fine

0:33:07.120 --> 0:33:09.240
<v Speaker 2>to call up a first base only guy if, like

0:33:09.320 --> 0:33:12.600
<v Speaker 2>Dala Santos, especially if he is, to my degree, you know,

0:33:12.880 --> 0:33:15.120
<v Speaker 2>shown almost as much as he can at Triple A

0:33:15.520 --> 0:33:18.080
<v Speaker 2>in order to ultimately get a sink or swim at

0:33:18.080 --> 0:33:21.040
<v Speaker 2>the big league level. But yeah, that's kind of where

0:33:21.080 --> 0:33:23.160
<v Speaker 2>I land. A name that hadn't come up yet is

0:33:23.280 --> 0:33:25.440
<v Speaker 2>Camp Alderman. I mean, he's a guy that statistically is

0:33:25.480 --> 0:33:28.520
<v Speaker 2>having a better Yeah, long Ard, dal Santos, what are

0:33:28.520 --> 0:33:30.320
<v Speaker 2>your thoughts on him? As a guy that used to

0:33:30.360 --> 0:33:33.160
<v Speaker 2>be only an outfielder, he's been learning first base this year?

0:33:33.200 --> 0:33:35.360
<v Speaker 2>Where do you think he stands in this decision?

0:33:36.160 --> 0:33:38.440
<v Speaker 1>Honestly, I forgot about Camp. Yeah, that's a good one

0:33:38.440 --> 0:33:40.120
<v Speaker 1>and another thing to mention real quick, And I know

0:33:40.440 --> 0:33:43.440
<v Speaker 1>you'll probably bring this up at some point, Augustine. Hey,

0:33:43.640 --> 0:33:46.920
<v Speaker 1>we'll see. And Knak could also play from first, so

0:33:46.960 --> 0:33:48.920
<v Speaker 1>we'll see if that ends up happening. But yeah, looking

0:33:48.960 --> 0:33:51.680
<v Speaker 1>at Camp, is I believe this is another guy that's

0:33:51.840 --> 0:33:57.480
<v Speaker 1>eligible for the rule five right, or maybe he's next year, right, Yes, actually,

0:33:57.520 --> 0:34:00.520
<v Speaker 1>I've just pulled up I can check. Yes, he's eligible

0:34:00.600 --> 0:34:03.360
<v Speaker 1>this year, so they would be doing themselves a favor

0:34:03.400 --> 0:34:05.520
<v Speaker 1>by adding Alderman to the forty man too. But I

0:34:05.560 --> 0:34:07.600
<v Speaker 1>think if he had to choose which one gets drafted,

0:34:07.680 --> 0:34:11.960
<v Speaker 1>probably probably both could go. But anyways, Alderman, the only

0:34:12.000 --> 0:34:13.840
<v Speaker 1>issue with him so far I've seen this year is

0:34:13.880 --> 0:34:16.400
<v Speaker 1>that the strikeout rate is way up from where it

0:34:16.480 --> 0:34:18.399
<v Speaker 1>was last season. They had finally gotten to a point

0:34:18.400 --> 0:34:21.239
<v Speaker 1>where it was at twenty three percent. That's manageable. It

0:34:21.280 --> 0:34:23.360
<v Speaker 1>would go up regardless at the major league level, but

0:34:23.719 --> 0:34:26.680
<v Speaker 1>you can manage that. This season it's at thirty one percent.

0:34:26.760 --> 0:34:30.200
<v Speaker 1>And he I believe he scorched the ball yesterday or today.

0:34:30.200 --> 0:34:31.520
<v Speaker 1>I don't know if they ended up playing if it

0:34:31.560 --> 0:34:34.279
<v Speaker 1>was a doubleheader yesterday or today, but anyways, he hit

0:34:34.320 --> 0:34:38.280
<v Speaker 1>a homer fifteen on the year, one nineteen WRC. Plus

0:34:38.719 --> 0:34:41.239
<v Speaker 1>he's walking a lot more though, which is good, or

0:34:41.360 --> 0:34:44.040
<v Speaker 1>just a little bit more, but still that works. And again,

0:34:44.280 --> 0:34:46.799
<v Speaker 1>as Eli noted, he could play the outfield, so they

0:34:46.800 --> 0:34:49.280
<v Speaker 1>could mix a match throughout the remainder of the season,

0:34:49.360 --> 0:34:51.600
<v Speaker 1>or for most of the time sours would be out,

0:34:51.960 --> 0:34:55.000
<v Speaker 1>So that's something to keep in mind there. But yeah,

0:34:55.160 --> 0:34:57.600
<v Speaker 1>Miami's options. That's that's something that we haven't been able

0:34:57.600 --> 0:34:59.279
<v Speaker 1>to say in a while, where they could go a

0:34:59.360 --> 0:35:01.359
<v Speaker 1>variety of different ways, and he really wouldn't be mad.

0:35:01.440 --> 0:35:03.160
<v Speaker 1>I guess the only one that would be the worst

0:35:03.200 --> 0:35:05.440
<v Speaker 1>one would be calling up Polli and Lo gets the

0:35:05.440 --> 0:35:07.960
<v Speaker 1>first base reps. But outside of that, they can't go

0:35:08.000 --> 0:35:10.800
<v Speaker 1>wrong with any other move. The Della Santos long Alderman

0:35:11.320 --> 0:35:14.600
<v Speaker 1>Conine at first you call up an outfielder, they've got

0:35:14.600 --> 0:35:15.400
<v Speaker 1>their options.

0:35:16.440 --> 0:35:18.600
<v Speaker 2>It should be noted again with Conin, just to catch

0:35:18.600 --> 0:35:21.120
<v Speaker 2>everybody up, he did get first base reps in spring training.

0:35:21.440 --> 0:35:23.640
<v Speaker 2>He's played a total of six innings at first base

0:35:23.719 --> 0:35:26.279
<v Speaker 2>during the regular season. They made a clear choice that

0:35:26.360 --> 0:35:29.120
<v Speaker 2>they like Stour's defense there better than Conine. It's been

0:35:29.120 --> 0:35:31.480
<v Speaker 2>a really small sample, so it's hard to sell from

0:35:31.480 --> 0:35:33.480
<v Speaker 2>my vantage point if that's the right call or not,

0:35:33.600 --> 0:35:35.839
<v Speaker 2>but they clearly made that choice that Stowers is playing

0:35:35.880 --> 0:35:38.360
<v Speaker 2>first base basically every day this last month and a

0:35:38.400 --> 0:35:42.200
<v Speaker 2>half or so, whereas Conine only in very select situations,

0:35:42.640 --> 0:35:45.560
<v Speaker 2>and Conin has still been in the lineup for the most.

0:35:45.360 --> 0:35:45.839
<v Speaker 3>Of these games.

0:35:45.840 --> 0:35:49.080
<v Speaker 2>They just apparently aren't too sold on his defense of

0:35:49.120 --> 0:35:52.360
<v Speaker 2>that position. Yet it isn't interesting hypothetical to see whether

0:35:53.120 --> 0:35:56.600
<v Speaker 2>he gets they by in this situation. They just expand

0:35:56.680 --> 0:35:58.799
<v Speaker 2>his playing time there quite a bit, and he might

0:35:58.840 --> 0:36:00.600
<v Speaker 2>become their primary first baseman, but.

0:36:00.920 --> 0:36:02.000
<v Speaker 3>It seems like a big leap.

0:36:02.200 --> 0:36:05.200
<v Speaker 2>Again, touching on Augustine, he hasn't even played first base

0:36:05.280 --> 0:36:07.680
<v Speaker 2>in minor league game since coming to the organization. This

0:36:07.719 --> 0:36:11.160
<v Speaker 2>is something that Clayton McCullum mensoned on Fish Unfiltered back

0:36:11.160 --> 0:36:13.520
<v Speaker 2>in late June. He had mentioned that they were thinking

0:36:13.560 --> 0:36:19.560
<v Speaker 2>about or something like that, intending considering having Gusts get

0:36:19.640 --> 0:36:21.719
<v Speaker 2>some first base reps, and that never happens during the

0:36:21.719 --> 0:36:24.799
<v Speaker 2>minor leagues. Peter Bendix reiterated that when he got called

0:36:24.880 --> 0:36:27.160
<v Speaker 2>up that they're actually working on it in drills, and

0:36:27.200 --> 0:36:29.560
<v Speaker 2>now we've seen some evidence of him doing that, but

0:36:29.600 --> 0:36:33.000
<v Speaker 2>still have not actually witnessed it in a live game yet.

0:36:33.120 --> 0:36:35.080
<v Speaker 2>So he is, of all these options, he's the one

0:36:35.120 --> 0:36:38.200
<v Speaker 2>that's most questionable there. And I think I've spoken about

0:36:38.200 --> 0:36:42.080
<v Speaker 2>this before, not trying to really not trying to be

0:36:42.120 --> 0:36:44.560
<v Speaker 2>too overly harsh on Gus, just what I see as

0:36:44.560 --> 0:36:47.080
<v Speaker 2>a guy that his main struggle as a defensive catcher

0:36:47.120 --> 0:36:49.960
<v Speaker 2>is physically receiving the ball, and that's so much of

0:36:49.960 --> 0:36:51.759
<v Speaker 2>the job at first days is being able to catch

0:36:51.800 --> 0:36:55.719
<v Speaker 2>the ball in the dirt at awkward angles that I

0:36:55.800 --> 0:36:58.919
<v Speaker 2>just feel like the same things that have been deficiencies

0:36:58.960 --> 0:37:01.120
<v Speaker 2>for him as a catcher are going to carry over

0:37:01.200 --> 0:37:03.360
<v Speaker 2>to first phase and that I just don't think that

0:37:03.400 --> 0:37:06.960
<v Speaker 2>he's going to be successful there. Defensively, It's just that

0:37:07.000 --> 0:37:09.440
<v Speaker 2>he is a very talented hitter, nonetheless, a guy that

0:37:09.520 --> 0:37:12.120
<v Speaker 2>his talent is very much on par with Kemp and

0:37:12.280 --> 0:37:15.359
<v Speaker 2>Davison in a way that ultimately, if he hits enough,

0:37:15.400 --> 0:37:17.360
<v Speaker 2>then you can kind of live with whatever the quality

0:37:17.360 --> 0:37:19.719
<v Speaker 2>of the defense is. The fact that the Marlins said

0:37:19.760 --> 0:37:21.359
<v Speaker 2>that they were already working on this makes me think

0:37:21.400 --> 0:37:24.160
<v Speaker 2>that we're going to see it to some extents over

0:37:24.320 --> 0:37:28.000
<v Speaker 2>these coming days or weeks, however long that Sours is out,

0:37:28.400 --> 0:37:30.799
<v Speaker 2>because his role before that was pretty murky, a guy

0:37:30.800 --> 0:37:33.319
<v Speaker 2>that would only catch once a week or so and

0:37:33.360 --> 0:37:38.000
<v Speaker 2>then DH against occasional lefties if they faced them, which

0:37:38.000 --> 0:37:40.920
<v Speaker 2>the Marlins haven't really faced very often since he's returned,

0:37:41.280 --> 0:37:43.440
<v Speaker 2>so his role was going to be really limited as

0:37:43.440 --> 0:37:46.200
<v Speaker 2>it was before Sowers goes down with this injury. So

0:37:46.520 --> 0:37:48.959
<v Speaker 2>and just in their defense when it comes to trading

0:37:48.960 --> 0:37:51.160
<v Speaker 2>away Leam Hicks, it's not like you could have anticipated

0:37:51.160 --> 0:37:53.560
<v Speaker 2>this tours injury occurring. Like it did feel like they

0:37:53.640 --> 0:37:57.120
<v Speaker 2>had this excess of left handed hitters moving forward, and

0:37:57.160 --> 0:38:00.239
<v Speaker 2>that felt they were selling high on Hicks. And even

0:38:00.280 --> 0:38:02.080
<v Speaker 2>though he's done really well with the Rays, and even

0:38:02.120 --> 0:38:04.359
<v Speaker 2>though the Marls now have this void, it's not something

0:38:04.400 --> 0:38:06.480
<v Speaker 2>that they really could have anticipated.

0:38:06.520 --> 0:38:08.440
<v Speaker 3>So what are you saying.

0:38:08.440 --> 0:38:10.960
<v Speaker 2>Are you having any sort of remorse or regret about

0:38:11.200 --> 0:38:13.920
<v Speaker 2>dealing Hicks or you still feel like that was the

0:38:14.120 --> 0:38:16.680
<v Speaker 2>appropriate decision just given where the team was at the moment.

0:38:17.680 --> 0:38:19.600
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, when they felt and we all thought it was

0:38:19.640 --> 0:38:21.480
<v Speaker 1>the right move, I still stand by that. I just

0:38:21.520 --> 0:38:25.239
<v Speaker 1>think the one thing we never accounted was like, there's

0:38:25.280 --> 0:38:28.280
<v Speaker 1>no other first basement on the roster now except Kyle Stowers.

0:38:28.800 --> 0:38:30.920
<v Speaker 1>I don't think anyone accounted for that when when they

0:38:30.920 --> 0:38:32.400
<v Speaker 1>actually made the trade, I don't think we did. We

0:38:32.480 --> 0:38:34.800
<v Speaker 1>never noticed, Like we never brought this up a single time.

0:38:34.960 --> 0:38:37.040
<v Speaker 1>Right Norby was in Triple A. They ended up trading

0:38:37.080 --> 0:38:39.919
<v Speaker 1>him that same day they acquired Jonathan Long. We have said,

0:38:39.960 --> 0:38:42.080
<v Speaker 1>maybe they call him up right away, he's in Triple A.

0:38:42.760 --> 0:38:44.440
<v Speaker 1>Outside of that and I don't think anyone would have

0:38:44.440 --> 0:38:46.440
<v Speaker 1>accounted for this to happen, right, And you can never

0:38:46.520 --> 0:38:49.440
<v Speaker 1>predict an injury, which is terrible to even think about,

0:38:49.520 --> 0:38:52.680
<v Speaker 1>but yeah, you can't predict one. So Stower's hurt and

0:38:52.680 --> 0:38:54.719
<v Speaker 1>now I gotta go next man up, And thankfully they

0:38:54.719 --> 0:38:56.440
<v Speaker 1>do have quite a bit of options, and this is

0:38:56.440 --> 0:38:58.600
<v Speaker 1>a position of short plus. I guess you could make

0:38:58.640 --> 0:39:01.560
<v Speaker 1>a to a certain extent, make the case regardless of

0:39:01.680 --> 0:39:04.840
<v Speaker 1>who actually is playing the position, because if you consider

0:39:05.000 --> 0:39:08.600
<v Speaker 1>Leo Heimantez and Augustin Ramierz surplus at first base, I

0:39:08.600 --> 0:39:10.640
<v Speaker 1>would disagree those are just guys that are gonna help

0:39:10.640 --> 0:39:13.600
<v Speaker 1>you in the moment. But you know, Davison's like a

0:39:13.719 --> 0:39:15.839
<v Speaker 1>solid first baseman. He's actually not that bad. He's probably

0:39:15.880 --> 0:39:19.799
<v Speaker 1>the best defensive one of the bunch. Jonathan Long could hit,

0:39:20.520 --> 0:39:24.520
<v Speaker 1>that's not a question. And then I think we'll see

0:39:24.520 --> 0:39:26.360
<v Speaker 1>what happens with Alderman. I think that would be the

0:39:26.360 --> 0:39:28.279
<v Speaker 1>flashy call up. I don't think they would do it,

0:39:28.719 --> 0:39:30.719
<v Speaker 1>but I think there's a chance that that's like the

0:39:30.760 --> 0:39:33.400
<v Speaker 1>flashy guy that you call up see if maybe he

0:39:33.440 --> 0:39:35.600
<v Speaker 1>gets it going, kind of like what Gus did last year.

0:39:35.640 --> 0:39:37.960
<v Speaker 1>He got called up and really got it going right away.

0:39:38.040 --> 0:39:40.440
<v Speaker 1>Same thing with Marcy, So maybe they could do that,

0:39:40.719 --> 0:39:42.760
<v Speaker 1>but I wouldn't be shocked if it's Davis, and Davison

0:39:42.800 --> 0:39:47.879
<v Speaker 1>would still be the youngest guy on the roster. And yeah, no,

0:39:48.040 --> 0:39:50.880
<v Speaker 1>I think he showed some good stuff in his first

0:39:50.920 --> 0:39:53.000
<v Speaker 1>couple limited action of games.

0:39:53.560 --> 0:39:56.040
<v Speaker 2>Yeah it was very limited, but I agree that I

0:39:56.120 --> 0:39:59.040
<v Speaker 2>saw some really positive indicators there early in the year.

0:39:59.280 --> 0:40:02.520
<v Speaker 2>So we're towards prediction time shortly. One usual look at

0:40:02.560 --> 0:40:05.399
<v Speaker 2>the wild card standings and where we're at it at

0:40:05.400 --> 0:40:08.400
<v Speaker 2>this moment, so if we were to updated to the instant,

0:40:08.480 --> 0:40:11.200
<v Speaker 2>the Diamondbacks did win their game this afternoon, which makes

0:40:11.239 --> 0:40:14.240
<v Speaker 2>it a three full games between the Marlins and either

0:40:14.320 --> 0:40:16.680
<v Speaker 2>of those second and third wild card spots, three back

0:40:16.719 --> 0:40:20.520
<v Speaker 2>of both the Phillies and the d Backs with only geez,

0:40:20.560 --> 0:40:22.440
<v Speaker 2>I think, where we only have seven weeks left in

0:40:22.480 --> 0:40:26.480
<v Speaker 2>this season, so it's starting to, you know, starting to

0:40:26.520 --> 0:40:28.719
<v Speaker 2>come down to a getting clear idea about who's still

0:40:28.760 --> 0:40:30.400
<v Speaker 2>in it. And you see in that picture the Pittsburgh

0:40:30.440 --> 0:40:33.040
<v Speaker 2>Pirates are still in the race, although that they've been

0:40:33.080 --> 0:40:36.200
<v Speaker 2>fading themselves over the last few weeks in a way

0:40:36.239 --> 0:40:38.120
<v Speaker 2>that they're now two games two and a half back

0:40:38.160 --> 0:40:41.080
<v Speaker 2>of where the Marlins are in these standings, and they're

0:40:41.080 --> 0:40:44.080
<v Speaker 2>missing a few key players coming into this series, including

0:40:44.640 --> 0:40:49.000
<v Speaker 2>Connor Griffin, O'Neil Cruz, Mitch Keller, Ryan O'Hearn. Some of

0:40:49.040 --> 0:40:52.799
<v Speaker 2>their bigger they do have like Baker. Yeah, that I

0:40:52.920 --> 0:40:56.319
<v Speaker 2>was reminded of that, Yes he has, because I've seen

0:40:56.360 --> 0:40:58.400
<v Speaker 2>photos of him pitching. I'd have to look up the

0:40:58.400 --> 0:41:01.760
<v Speaker 2>results right now. Very quick revisited the Lake Boker trade,

0:41:01.800 --> 0:41:05.920
<v Speaker 2>the Marlins sending gaining three prospects when trading away Boker.

0:41:05.920 --> 0:41:08.600
<v Speaker 2>He's made two appearances with the Pirates, each of them

0:41:08.600 --> 0:41:11.800
<v Speaker 2>two innings apiece. We saw that versatility with him in Miami.

0:41:11.840 --> 0:41:14.400
<v Speaker 2>They was able to go multiple innings, so two innings

0:41:14.400 --> 0:41:17.879
<v Speaker 2>pitched in each of those outings. So old overall one Yeah,

0:41:17.880 --> 0:41:21.399
<v Speaker 2>one run allowed in four innings, six strikeouts, teeny tiny

0:41:21.440 --> 0:41:25.480
<v Speaker 2>sample size, but a guy that's already pitching significant well,

0:41:25.560 --> 0:41:27.680
<v Speaker 2>one of those wasn't a blowout, so it's a little

0:41:27.760 --> 0:41:30.120
<v Speaker 2>early on to say his precise role, but that was

0:41:30.160 --> 0:41:32.080
<v Speaker 2>one of those that was one of those trades that

0:41:32.080 --> 0:41:33.880
<v Speaker 2>that was the very last one that they made, it

0:41:33.920 --> 0:41:36.080
<v Speaker 2>felt before the deadline, either that one or the Reese

0:41:36.120 --> 0:41:38.480
<v Speaker 2>Hines one, however, was that was the one that was

0:41:38.520 --> 0:41:41.040
<v Speaker 2>really a buzzer beater, sending him to Pittsburgh.

0:41:41.320 --> 0:41:43.120
<v Speaker 3>And just a reminder of the Marlins in.

0:41:43.040 --> 0:41:46.799
<v Speaker 2>That particular deal, they got Hun Sung Lee we haven't

0:41:46.800 --> 0:41:50.879
<v Speaker 2>seen play yet, Brian Sanchez who is with UA A Pensacola,

0:41:51.239 --> 0:41:54.560
<v Speaker 2>and Brandon Bidoit who is on the IL for Triple

0:41:54.600 --> 0:41:57.000
<v Speaker 2>A Jacksonville right now. They got three of those players

0:41:57.000 --> 0:42:00.359
<v Speaker 2>back in return, but all three that are as we're

0:42:00.360 --> 0:42:02.799
<v Speaker 2>about to update our rankings of the Fish on first

0:42:02.800 --> 0:42:04.279
<v Speaker 2>top thirty, I don't think any of them are going

0:42:04.360 --> 0:42:05.960
<v Speaker 2>to crack that list. So it was more of a

0:42:06.080 --> 0:42:10.640
<v Speaker 2>quantity over quality trade. But that is where things currently

0:42:10.680 --> 0:42:12.640
<v Speaker 2>stand on that. It's coming up on the other side

0:42:12.719 --> 0:42:15.239
<v Speaker 2>of the off day, So just as a refresher, I

0:42:15.320 --> 0:42:17.560
<v Speaker 2>think a very conveniently placed off day for the Marlins,

0:42:17.560 --> 0:42:20.200
<v Speaker 2>a home off day that gets a chillax for we

0:42:20.400 --> 0:42:23.279
<v Speaker 2>almost forty eight full hours until their next game, and

0:42:23.400 --> 0:42:26.239
<v Speaker 2>really assess where Stwurs is, you know, the severity of

0:42:26.239 --> 0:42:28.879
<v Speaker 2>that injury, and then make that decision. They probably haven't

0:42:28.880 --> 0:42:30.440
<v Speaker 2>made the decision quite yet in terms of which of

0:42:30.440 --> 0:42:33.319
<v Speaker 2>those candidates that we went over actually gets the bump up,

0:42:33.320 --> 0:42:36.359
<v Speaker 2>but we'll certainly have it covered there in either way,

0:42:36.360 --> 0:42:38.319
<v Speaker 2>the Martins are going to be leaning more on some

0:42:38.480 --> 0:42:40.480
<v Speaker 2>youth in way you slice of These are guys with

0:42:40.520 --> 0:42:43.239
<v Speaker 2>the minimal, if any, major league experience, So it's just

0:42:43.680 --> 0:42:46.360
<v Speaker 2>the volatility that they have is that's going to be

0:42:46.400 --> 0:42:48.680
<v Speaker 2>the big loss. Where with Towers, he's just been over

0:42:48.719 --> 0:42:50.640
<v Speaker 2>the course of these last couple of months, he's been

0:42:50.640 --> 0:42:53.440
<v Speaker 2>extremely consistent, and you just don't know what you're going

0:42:53.480 --> 0:42:56.240
<v Speaker 2>to get with these young guys coming up and tasting

0:42:56.239 --> 0:42:58.680
<v Speaker 2>the majors on a consistent basis for the first time.

0:43:00.040 --> 0:43:02.760
<v Speaker 2>That being said, we will head into our favorite segment

0:43:02.800 --> 0:43:06.840
<v Speaker 2>and our final segment of the show. This is predictions time.

0:43:07.200 --> 0:43:10.040
<v Speaker 2>This is prediction time.

0:43:10.719 --> 0:43:13.640
<v Speaker 3>That's my prediction, but who knows.

0:43:14.680 --> 0:43:17.600
<v Speaker 2>Let me get the leaderboard up here for one moment,

0:43:17.880 --> 0:43:21.000
<v Speaker 2>because we have a tie at the very top as

0:43:21.040 --> 0:43:24.400
<v Speaker 2>we head down the stretch of the regular season, our

0:43:24.680 --> 0:43:27.680
<v Speaker 2>FoFs after Jeremiah Geiger. He's been near the top of

0:43:27.680 --> 0:43:29.759
<v Speaker 2>the leaderboard through most of the season, and now he

0:43:29.800 --> 0:43:32.520
<v Speaker 2>has some company up there with super sub David Fernandez.

0:43:33.000 --> 0:43:34.560
<v Speaker 3>You see Kevin there.

0:43:34.520 --> 0:43:37.080
<v Speaker 2>In the twelfth spot, tied for eleventh. If you want

0:43:37.120 --> 0:43:38.960
<v Speaker 2>to be generous with it, and there's myself. I'm in

0:43:39.080 --> 0:43:41.840
<v Speaker 2>sixteenth place. Still a lot of the year left to go,

0:43:42.120 --> 0:43:45.040
<v Speaker 2>and we are counting everybody's predictions that come from our

0:43:45.120 --> 0:43:47.240
<v Speaker 2>value to super subs. So you can go to Fishing

0:43:47.280 --> 0:43:50.000
<v Speaker 2>on first dot com slash subscriptions to sign up if

0:43:50.000 --> 0:43:52.600
<v Speaker 2>you haven't already participated in this, and we'll keep it

0:43:52.840 --> 0:43:55.680
<v Speaker 2>updated all season long. Between every single series, how many

0:43:55.680 --> 0:43:58.640
<v Speaker 2>games tomorrows will win will be the MVP has determined

0:43:58.640 --> 0:44:01.720
<v Speaker 2>by win probability. Added an awkward moment this past weekend

0:44:01.719 --> 0:44:05.279
<v Speaker 2>because Tours was the most deserving player, but nobody dicked him.

0:44:05.719 --> 0:44:07.040
<v Speaker 3>Everybody forever reason.

0:44:06.840 --> 0:44:09.759
<v Speaker 2>Was off his sense as of late stands because he

0:44:09.800 --> 0:44:11.520
<v Speaker 2>wasn't with the pick. It ended up going to Mike

0:44:11.640 --> 0:44:14.319
<v Speaker 2>Trout instead. But as long as somebody put your name

0:44:14.600 --> 0:44:16.919
<v Speaker 2>in for consideration and the end up finishing on top,

0:44:17.239 --> 0:44:20.600
<v Speaker 2>the player is the MVP in this race. What is

0:44:20.600 --> 0:44:23.640
<v Speaker 2>coming downst the wire? And I'll look the music going

0:44:23.840 --> 0:44:28.160
<v Speaker 2>and then we'll go to Kevin ms from three games

0:44:28.200 --> 0:44:31.840
<v Speaker 2>set against the Pirates, one that has very important National

0:44:31.880 --> 0:44:35.120
<v Speaker 2>League Wild Card race randifications go ahead.

0:44:38.480 --> 0:44:40.759
<v Speaker 1>Marlins will take two out of three, and I'm going

0:44:40.800 --> 0:44:43.759
<v Speaker 1>to go with Griffin Conan. He's been the best player

0:44:43.800 --> 0:44:45.719
<v Speaker 1>offensively for this team. He's going to keep it going

0:44:45.960 --> 0:44:47.160
<v Speaker 1>too Homers in the series.

0:44:49.840 --> 0:44:51.960
<v Speaker 2>I do think the Marlins are catching the Pirates at

0:44:52.000 --> 0:44:53.920
<v Speaker 2>the right time. I need to be pretty bold to

0:44:53.960 --> 0:44:56.000
<v Speaker 2>make up grounds in this prediction time race. I will

0:44:56.000 --> 0:44:59.800
<v Speaker 2>have the Marlins sweeping the Pirates three games to none

0:45:00.080 --> 0:45:02.840
<v Speaker 2>over the course of these next three games in Miami,

0:45:02.840 --> 0:45:05.600
<v Speaker 2>and include upsetting Paul Skeins in one game.

0:45:05.600 --> 0:45:07.800
<v Speaker 3>But Skins hasn't been quite himself.

0:45:07.560 --> 0:45:10.480
<v Speaker 2>This year, and with those other notable losses on the

0:45:10.520 --> 0:45:13.760
<v Speaker 2>offensive side for Pittsburgh, I think even without so Tours,

0:45:13.760 --> 0:45:16.720
<v Speaker 2>that Miami is gonna be able to win some tightly

0:45:16.760 --> 0:45:20.359
<v Speaker 2>contested games over the course of this series. I'm gonna

0:45:20.360 --> 0:45:22.840
<v Speaker 2>give it to the funny guy. Pete Fairbanks is my

0:45:22.920 --> 0:45:25.440
<v Speaker 2>series MVP. I think he's gonna pitch a couple of

0:45:25.480 --> 0:45:28.759
<v Speaker 2>these games, close them out, and make the difference in

0:45:28.960 --> 0:45:32.400
<v Speaker 2>the Marlins stealing those victories. So very different vibe compared

0:45:32.400 --> 0:45:34.400
<v Speaker 2>to this past weekend where and he had some blowouts.

0:45:34.640 --> 0:45:36.200
<v Speaker 3>I think this is gonna come down to the.

0:45:36.239 --> 0:45:38.680
<v Speaker 2>Right arm of Pete Fairbanks and that he's gonna propel

0:45:38.719 --> 0:45:41.960
<v Speaker 2>the Marlins to four games over five hundred and some

0:45:42.239 --> 0:45:45.160
<v Speaker 2>major separation from the pirates in the nationally wildcard race.

0:45:45.960 --> 0:45:49.000
<v Speaker 1>That's crazy. I swear to you I was gonna choose them,

0:45:49.000 --> 0:45:51.120
<v Speaker 1>and then I switched my mind. I was gonna choose

0:45:51.160 --> 0:45:53.359
<v Speaker 1>Pete as the serious end be like, let me go,

0:45:53.520 --> 0:45:54.960
<v Speaker 1>let me go, griff hmm.

0:45:55.440 --> 0:45:56.000
<v Speaker 3>It's yeah.

0:45:56.040 --> 0:46:00.719
<v Speaker 2>It's very uncommon that a reliever wins is also. Yeah,

0:46:00.719 --> 0:46:03.200
<v Speaker 2>it's a comment that we predict them to win awards

0:46:03.239 --> 0:46:04.520
<v Speaker 2>as that's really reaching back.

0:46:04.600 --> 0:46:09.280
<v Speaker 3>It was a series where I had too in twenty

0:46:09.400 --> 0:46:10.080
<v Speaker 3>twenty two.

0:46:10.360 --> 0:46:12.520
<v Speaker 2>That was which maybe in the first full year that

0:46:12.560 --> 0:46:14.480
<v Speaker 2>I did prediction times on the stream, it's not the

0:46:14.480 --> 0:46:15.080
<v Speaker 2>second time.

0:46:15.400 --> 0:46:17.160
<v Speaker 3>So Fairbanks has been great as of late.

0:46:17.160 --> 0:46:18.839
<v Speaker 2>We didn't talk about him during the show, but we've

0:46:18.880 --> 0:46:22.480
<v Speaker 2>highlighted him recently because he's on a pretty impressive scoreless

0:46:22.480 --> 0:46:26.520
<v Speaker 2>streak and we'll see how it goes. So yeah, we're

0:46:26.520 --> 0:46:28.800
<v Speaker 2>gonna wrap it up right there between Kevin and myself.

0:46:28.920 --> 0:46:31.360
<v Speaker 2>Alex Krutchik also on with us and provide some on

0:46:31.440 --> 0:46:34.160
<v Speaker 2>site coverage for US today at the ballpark. We'll once

0:46:34.160 --> 0:46:36.799
<v Speaker 2>again have boots on the grounds at Lone Deepot Park

0:46:36.840 --> 0:46:39.160
<v Speaker 2>these next few days at Pittsburgh and then we'll have

0:46:39.239 --> 0:46:42.480
<v Speaker 2>another stream for you guys following that series on Thursday,

0:46:42.840 --> 0:46:45.680
<v Speaker 2>and then in between we are expecting to have our

0:46:45.760 --> 0:46:48.840
<v Speaker 2>regular visit with manager Clayton McCullough on Fish Unfiltered, So

0:46:48.960 --> 0:46:51.480
<v Speaker 2>assuming that goes to plan, we'll have an episode between

0:46:51.480 --> 0:46:54.279
<v Speaker 2>now and the next stream talking to Clayton, get caught

0:46:54.360 --> 0:46:57.319
<v Speaker 2>up on the ramifications of the tours injury and his

0:46:57.360 --> 0:46:59.640
<v Speaker 2>appreciation of Sandy and some other topics that we didn't

0:46:59.680 --> 0:47:02.200
<v Speaker 2>cover on the show. So you can catch that episode

0:47:02.200 --> 0:47:04.640
<v Speaker 2>of Unfiltered anywhere that you get your where you get

0:47:04.680 --> 0:47:07.080
<v Speaker 2>this one, and uh, I think you'll enjoy that.

0:47:07.040 --> 0:47:08.040
<v Speaker 3>One as we always do.

0:47:08.160 --> 0:47:12.080
<v Speaker 2>Clayton is always very elaborate discussing where things stands with

0:47:12.120 --> 0:47:14.560
<v Speaker 2>this Marlin steam. So that's gonna do it for this

0:47:14.640 --> 0:47:17.480
<v Speaker 2>show again on the Fish on First podcast presented by

0:47:17.520 --> 0:47:20.080
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0:47:20.200 --> 0:47:23.640
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0:47:23.680 --> 0:47:26.680
<v Speaker 2>team extensively down the stretch of this twenty twenty six season,

0:47:26.719 --> 0:47:29.040
<v Speaker 2>So we appreciate all the support we get from you guys.

0:47:29.560 --> 0:47:31.200
<v Speaker 3>As always, go Fish.

0:47:31.760 --> 0:47:32.000
<v Speaker 1>Yeah,