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Speaker 1: Hey, fish fans, this is Eli Sussman, the founder of

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Speaker 1: Fish on First. You are listening to part of a

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Speaker 1: megapod with Kevin Burrell and Alex Carver going through level

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Speaker 1: by level of the Marlins Farm system. Once they put

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Speaker 1: on the mic, they really couldn't stop. This was overall

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Speaker 1: a two and a half hour recording, but we have

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Speaker 1: split it up into four different parts, ascending from the

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Speaker 1: lowest levels of the minor league system all the way

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Speaker 1: up to Triple A. This is part four. Find all

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Speaker 1: these episodes here on the Fish on First podcast, Speed

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Speaker 1: lead if a, rating and review wherever applicable and enjoy.

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Speaker 2: So let's go to triple Like Jacksonville when we opened

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Speaker 2: up the season, this was by far the worst possible

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Speaker 2: level that anyone would watch baseball. And like it was

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Speaker 2: like it was major it was quadruple guys. You would

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Speaker 2: have thought you'd have seen Troy Johnson, Griffin Conin, and

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Speaker 2: That was the worst possible level to look at. But

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Speaker 2: now kind of the season's developed, it's kind of a

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Speaker 2: fun level to look at because our boy Troy Johnson's there,

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Speaker 2: you have Griffin Conin in there again. You have Xavier

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Speaker 2: we're gonna touch up on. Your boy, that's a pretty

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Speaker 2: Edward Cabrera is now on that level. Ryan Weather's there,

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Speaker 2: so that rotation has just been juiced up, like in

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Speaker 2: the matter of like twenty four hours. Carver, let's talk

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Speaker 2: with it. Let's talk Anthony Maldonadam. This is a guy

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Speaker 2: who is major league ready. He should be here. He

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Speaker 2: well he has five stays this season, but aside from that,

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Speaker 3: It's this guy. Yeah, super super good. Stuck. It stuck

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Speaker 3: He's one hundred percent ready to go full full strength,

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Speaker 3: the same guy since he's come back despite missing a month. Awesome,

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Speaker 3: awesome pitcher. This guy should be major League Baseball right

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Speaker 3: He needs to be in major League Baseball. And I

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Speaker 3: He really does deserve it. So really like this player.

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Speaker 3: Really good fastball, he just said, tops out like ninety five,

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Speaker 3: I have the video on Twitter. Actually he literally ran

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Speaker 4: Oh two way, even a mass breaking ball in the dirt,

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Speaker 3: Crazy good slider. Awesome. And then I think he also

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Speaker 3: Needs to be in Major League baseball. Deserves to be

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Speaker 3: This guy's good. He's got good stuff. I just think

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Speaker 2: This is a guy who's been at the big league level.

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Speaker 2: Still like he has not graduated from prospect deligibility, so

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Speaker 1: Man.

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Speaker 2: This guy played his first game of shortstopped yesterday, So

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Speaker 2: This guy should be in Miami Marland right now as well.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, big leaguer for sure. I mean you just mentioned

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Speaker 3: the walks, the strikeouts. Forty nine walks, twenty three strikeouts.

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Speaker 3: Sorry I slided him a little bit because I was

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Speaker 3: looking at stolen bases, But yes, this man has only

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Speaker 3: What are we doing? Why is this guy not in Miami?

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Speaker 3: What is he doing in Triple Why is he there? Like, seriously,

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Speaker 3: there is no better example, not even Troy, and we're

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Speaker 3: He should be here right now today.

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Speaker 4: Two two Kramer times gets up and.

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Speaker 3: Throw is gonna be laid six for six.

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Speaker 2: Xavier Edwards five singles in a home run, has six

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Speaker 3: power's got to come up. So he has four out

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Speaker 3: You deal with the fact that this guy is not

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Speaker 3: a perfect shortstop to get that bat in your lineup

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Speaker 3: every day, you absolutely deal with that. You get him

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Speaker 3: Edwards is a starting player. He should be a starting

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Speaker 2: And they kind of give up with the experiment at

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Speaker 2: him at shortstop on Thursdays because the organization finals are realized.

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Speaker 2: Like fuck, this guy's dad is really fucking good.

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Speaker 3: We have to put it. I mean, he's not a

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Speaker 3: long term shortstop. I'll stick to that fact.

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Speaker 2: But like I said, no, yeah, I think we make

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Speaker 2: that case for sure, maybe through base but shortstop.

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Speaker 3: Ye, you deal with those shortcomings though. He can fake

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Speaker 3: it there and you, so you deal with those shortcomings.

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Speaker 3: I mean, they put Jashism Junior in centerfield with no experience.

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Speaker 3: Why can't you put Zavier Edwards, who definitely has the

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Speaker 3: athleticism to do it as well. Jas has the athleticism

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Speaker 3: He can do it there. You let him. You deal

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Speaker 2: Reason for him being triplet alrighty, Jacob Maya, Uh, this

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Speaker 2: he wasn't very impressive nineteen WRC plus. Obviously you don't

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Speaker 2: There's no other way to put it. Great glove, amazing glove.

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Speaker 2: He was compared to Miguel Rojas with a better bat.

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Speaker 3: In that level. Just what's the issue. Yeah, that's a

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Speaker 2: Yeah, all right, Next player I want to talk about

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Speaker 3: Two players that.

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Speaker 2: They were looking at with Jake Mingham and someone else.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, he was around the team a lot in spring

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Speaker 3: Definitely has the chance next year to make his big

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Speaker 2: Yeah, alrighty Griffin co nine. This is a weird one.

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Speaker 2: There's a mixed up I guess, not mixed opinions about

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Speaker 2: But he's hitting two fifty three, three seventy four, ninety three,

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Speaker 2: TRIPAA he goes with Troy Johnson, which is the player

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Speaker 3: two fifty three, three, seventy four, ninety three with Pensacola. So,

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Speaker 3: gonna get a ver twenty this year for sure. Again

429
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Speaker 3: too will pitch.

430
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Speaker 4: Co nine launches it high the air towards deep left.

431
00:19:25,359 --> 00:19:29,719
Speaker 4: Peterson going back to the track looking, oh, that baseball's gone.

432
00:19:30,119 --> 00:19:34,960
Speaker 4: Griffin co nine backside bomb in the bullpens and left.

433
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Speaker 3: It is great power. It is seventy great power. It's

434
00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:41,840
Speaker 3: that good. But man, everything else it it kind of depends.

435
00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:43,520
Speaker 3: It kind of kind of hinges on that strikeout right

436
00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:46,959
Speaker 3: that kind was just talking about. So it's permeated at

437
00:19:46,960 --> 00:19:50,040
Speaker 3: thirty five thirty four percent, hasn't really gone down much

438
00:19:50,119 --> 00:19:52,679
Speaker 3: level of level, and that's even I think gonna go

439
00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:55,000
Speaker 3: higher if, if, and when he gets to the big leagues.

440
00:19:55,280 --> 00:19:58,439
Speaker 3: So man, it's great to see the power, but you

441
00:19:58,560 --> 00:20:01,320
Speaker 3: just worry so much about a guy with a shrikeut

442
00:20:01,359 --> 00:20:03,159
Speaker 3: rate that high. It sucks to say it because I

443
00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:04,600
Speaker 3: know we harp on it. But man, when you're striking

444
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Speaker 3: out one hundred and eighty five, one hundred and eighty

445
00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:08,720
Speaker 3: three times one hundred and twenty eight this year, yeah,

446
00:20:08,760 --> 00:20:12,200
Speaker 3: it's it's it's tough. So you know, there is definitely

447
00:20:12,280 --> 00:20:13,680
Speaker 3: room for this guy to have a major league ceiling,

448
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Speaker 3: at least as a power bat off the bench. Maybe

449
00:20:16,359 --> 00:20:17,560
Speaker 3: you know, if he reaches this full thing, that he

450
00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:20,080
Speaker 3: could be a starting corner out builder. But man, it

451
00:20:20,200 --> 00:20:21,760
Speaker 3: really is going to depend on that strike er rate.

452
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Speaker 3: It needs to come down. Hasn't done it yet. He's

453
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Speaker 3: gotten through it because of how good his power is.

454
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Speaker 3: But man, uh, it's it's tough to uh, it's tough

455
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Speaker 3: to uh to project that long term with the striker

456
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Speaker 3: rate that high.

457
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Speaker 2: Alrighty, I think this is the best best for last

458
00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:40,480
Speaker 2: I saved the best for last year. Our good friend

459
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Speaker 2: Troy Johnston. Man, I think it's simple to say it.

460
00:20:45,440 --> 00:20:48,879
Speaker 2: He should have been a big leaguer yesterday. He deserves

461
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Speaker 2: to be in triple A a lot earlier.

462
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Speaker 3: Than he was.

463
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Speaker 2: I think he was mishandled in terms of where they

464
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Speaker 2: put him this season. They cared more about your Karnacion

465
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Speaker 2: and Charles Leblong over him. This season. They outriding, but

466
00:21:02,320 --> 00:21:07,240
Speaker 2: they defa LeBlanc, They outrighted Carnassis. It just shows you

467
00:21:07,280 --> 00:21:07,960
Speaker 2: now how they feel.

468
00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:10,919
Speaker 3: But let's just both go to double and triple A.

469
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Speaker 2: Both stats there for double A two ninety six, three,

470
00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:20,840
Speaker 2: ninety six, five sixty seven, nine sixty three with eighteen

471
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Speaker 2: home runs, eighty three RBIs, sixteen stolen bases, and a

472
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Speaker 2: seventeen point one strikeout percentage eleven point two walk percentage.

473
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Speaker 2: Now in Triple A Jacksonville, he's gotten off to an

474
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Speaker 2: even better start. Three seventy three, four forty one, six

475
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Speaker 2: thirty nine, one point zero seventy nine with four home runs,

476
00:21:38,760 --> 00:21:42,240
Speaker 2: nineteen RBIs, two stolen bases, the walk not as much,

477
00:21:42,280 --> 00:21:44,280
Speaker 2: strike out a little higher, but that's just usual when

478
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Speaker 2: you make you adjutment to any level. Alex, this guy removed.

479
00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:49,320
Speaker 3: He shedded.

480
00:21:49,359 --> 00:21:51,800
Speaker 2: I believe, I want to say, ten pounds weigh fifteen.

481
00:21:52,359 --> 00:21:54,960
Speaker 2: He's a lot faster. He wanted to work on extra

482
00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:57,000
Speaker 2: base hits. He's definitely gotten them. I believe he has

483
00:21:57,080 --> 00:21:58,840
Speaker 2: a lot of a lot more triples than last year.

484
00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:03,159
Speaker 2: I've as I mentioned, he has already eighteen stolen bases

485
00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:03,919
Speaker 2: on the season.

486
00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:04,800
Speaker 3: Combining both levels.

487
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Speaker 2: But he hasn't lost the power, and that's the biggest thing.

488
00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:10,159
Speaker 2: And I know the power is something that many have doubted.

489
00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:12,680
Speaker 2: But right now he has twenty two home runs on

490
00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:16,120
Speaker 2: the season. Combining both he has over one hundred RBIs

491
00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:19,280
Speaker 2: this season, Alex, Like what else?

492
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Speaker 3: Man Like?

493
00:22:20,359 --> 00:22:22,680
Speaker 2: This guy should have been up here by yesterday. I

494
00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:25,280
Speaker 2: think if he's not called up this year, you need

495
00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:27,320
Speaker 2: to add him to your forty man because we've mentioned

496
00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:30,240
Speaker 2: him this many times. He is another guy once again

497
00:22:30,320 --> 00:22:31,960
Speaker 2: this year who could go in the Rule five draft,

498
00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:35,880
Speaker 2: And unlike last season, we are like two hundred percent

499
00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:38,240
Speaker 2: sure this guy will be going to a team. Last season,

500
00:22:38,359 --> 00:22:40,560
Speaker 2: he had interest from the Padres. I will mention that

501
00:22:40,600 --> 00:22:43,520
Speaker 2: one clearly, and I know you said at Harvard that

502
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Speaker 2: they had interest.

503
00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:46,560
Speaker 3: Other teams that interested in him just didn't.

504
00:22:46,359 --> 00:22:48,280
Speaker 2: Make the big move to get there. In Rule five,

505
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Speaker 2: I think he could be. He will be going to

506
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Speaker 2: a major league team. He will be on a major

507
00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:53,920
Speaker 2: league ross you come next season. If it's not with Miami,

508
00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:57,639
Speaker 2: it's with another team, Alex, Troy Johnson, the floor is yours.

509
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Speaker 3: Yeah, nothing else to the show. I mean, just to

510
00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:02,159
Speaker 3: give you guys some more stats. I put this on

511
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Speaker 3: Twitter today. But since July first, three eighty seven, four

512
00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:09,760
Speaker 3: fifty seven, six ninety seven slegan percentage ten point two,

513
00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:13,399
Speaker 3: walk rate, seventeen percent k rate one ninety WRC plus

514
00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:16,280
Speaker 3: nine home run seven stolen bases. What are we doing?

515
00:23:17,320 --> 00:23:17,920
Speaker 3: What are we doing?

516
00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:19,199
Speaker 2: I don't know.

517
00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:21,639
Speaker 3: I don't I don't. I don't know what they're doing. Like,

518
00:23:22,119 --> 00:23:23,439
Speaker 3: if you can't put him at first base, you can

519
00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:25,040
Speaker 3: play left field. If you can't put him in left field,

520
00:23:25,040 --> 00:23:28,560
Speaker 3: you can put him at DH. Like what why why

521
00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:30,720
Speaker 3: is there not room to get this guy time with

522
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Speaker 3: the Marlins yesterday? I think there is. I think there

523
00:23:34,800 --> 00:23:37,080
Speaker 3: definitely should be. I know the Marlins are in a

524
00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:39,680
Speaker 3: playoff run. I know the Marlins did bring in guys

525
00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:41,880
Speaker 3: at the deadline. They brought in Josh Bell. That inhibits

526
00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:43,840
Speaker 3: your ability to put him at first base. They have

527
00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:47,880
Speaker 3: traffic in the outfield, but they kind of don't because

528
00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:49,919
Speaker 3: of Vasille. Garcia is basically like not playing most of

529
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Speaker 3: the time. So yeah, like, what why why is there

530
00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:56,159
Speaker 3: not room to call this guy up? You have the

531
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Speaker 3: DH spot, it's available, Like, you can put him there.

532
00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:00,600
Speaker 3: You can get Celeat into the fie if you have to.

533
00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:02,840
Speaker 3: You can put Celia at the H and keep him

534
00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:05,680
Speaker 3: at the age H, and you can put Johnston in

535
00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:07,840
Speaker 3: the outfield. There should be room for this guy to

536
00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:09,640
Speaker 3: come up and get reps with the Marlins even though

537
00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:11,520
Speaker 3: they are in win. Now, I understand that they want

538
00:24:11,520 --> 00:24:14,000
Speaker 3: to win, they are happy with the lineup that they have,

539
00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:15,840
Speaker 3: They brought in guys at do that. I get all

540
00:24:15,880 --> 00:24:18,080
Speaker 3: of that, but when you have players like this, like

541
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Speaker 3: Edwards and Johnston who just are wasted or just being

542
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Speaker 3: wasted in Triple A, it's it's really tough to see

543
00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:28,640
Speaker 3: that these guys have nothing left to prove at all

544
00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:31,399
Speaker 3: in minor league baseball. And like said keV, if the

545
00:24:31,440 --> 00:24:33,879
Speaker 3: Marlins don't protect him by either adding him to the

546
00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:36,879
Speaker 3: roster now or adding him to the roster before the

547
00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:41,919
Speaker 3: for the deadline for Rule five, he will go to

548
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Speaker 3: another team. You mentioned the Padres. I know there were

549
00:24:44,119 --> 00:24:46,440
Speaker 3: also at least at least three other teams that took

550
00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:50,239
Speaker 3: it took like a look at him, right, so I

551
00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:52,399
Speaker 3: know that there was interest here. It didn't happen. He

552
00:24:52,440 --> 00:24:54,320
Speaker 3: struggled when he got called up to Triple A last year.

553
00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:56,720
Speaker 3: Maybe that's a reason why was great in Double A.

554
00:24:57,000 --> 00:25:01,399
Speaker 3: This year, he's been nothing but great everywhere. So yeah,

555
00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:03,000
Speaker 3: they're gonna have ad him or they're gonna lose him.

556
00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:05,600
Speaker 3: That's pretty much. There's no doubt in my mind. I

557
00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:10,280
Speaker 3: think they will. You know what happens with with Josh

558
00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:12,600
Speaker 3: Bell at the end of the year. With the with

559
00:25:12,640 --> 00:25:15,320
Speaker 3: the player option, right, who knows? Uh so laire what

560
00:25:15,359 --> 00:25:17,760
Speaker 3: happens with him with the player option, who knows? So

561
00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:21,080
Speaker 3: there there would be room to get Johnston more involved

562
00:25:21,119 --> 00:25:23,840
Speaker 3: in Marlin's games. But I definitely think he will be

563
00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:26,600
Speaker 3: on the forty men roster room no matter what. Whether

564
00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:28,200
Speaker 3: he gets called up to player gets called it before

565
00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:30,720
Speaker 3: that deadline. I hope it's to play, but we'll see.

566
00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:33,640
Speaker 3: But yeah, man, I love this guy. Like you said, keV,

567
00:25:33,680 --> 00:25:34,960
Speaker 3: when he was coming up, the one thing that was

568
00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:37,280
Speaker 3: missing was power. He added on some weight to come

569
00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:40,520
Speaker 3: by the power. Now he shed the weight, but the

570
00:25:40,560 --> 00:25:42,760
Speaker 3: power is still there, and he's even come by a

571
00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:45,119
Speaker 3: little bit more speed. He's good. He's decent in that

572
00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:47,160
Speaker 3: first base. He did learn that position not too long ago,

573
00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:48,640
Speaker 3: a couple of years ago, actually, he started to learn

574
00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:50,960
Speaker 3: that position. Been good there. He can still play the

575
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Speaker 3: outfield if you need him to. Man, there's not much

576
00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:55,440
Speaker 3: more can say about Troy. He's be went to the

577
00:25:55,520 --> 00:25:58,000
Speaker 3: organization for a long time. I'm glad that he's still around.

578
00:25:58,040 --> 00:26:00,479
Speaker 3: I'm glad that he's succeeding like this, and and I

579
00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:02,359
Speaker 3: really hope that he's with the Marlins with that MLB

580
00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:06,120
Speaker 3: debut patch on his jersey very very soon. If it's

581
00:26:06,119 --> 00:26:09,320
Speaker 3: not Edward's coming up for the toy for the roster expansions,

582
00:26:09,359 --> 00:26:11,280
Speaker 3: it's gonna be Troy Johnston and a reliever.

583
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Speaker 2: We think it'll be Johnson. It'll be Edwards, Slash Johnston

584
00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:18,359
Speaker 2: and Maldonado. That's what our predictions are. I think Carver

585
00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:21,040
Speaker 2: you wouldn't share the same sentiment there, And I think

586
00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:23,040
Speaker 2: I would also mention if Josh Bell does opt in

587
00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:26,040
Speaker 2: and Julie does end up retiring, keep in mind Yuli

588
00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:28,800
Speaker 2: Gurriel is thirty nine years old. You could just put

589
00:26:28,840 --> 00:26:30,359
Speaker 2: him at the back of first base spot. Even if

590
00:26:30,359 --> 00:26:32,840
Speaker 2: he's not playing every day. You still have the DH.

591
00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:34,960
Speaker 2: You could still play in the outfield if need be.

592
00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:37,880
Speaker 2: Joy Johnson would get him at backs. He would still

593
00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:39,520
Speaker 2: be on the big league squad. He would be where

594
00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:42,320
Speaker 2: he has to be true, they've used Josh Bell a

595
00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:44,800
Speaker 2: lot at the DH and they've played Yuli there, so

596
00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:46,719
Speaker 2: I would like to And Skip is someone who's made

597
00:26:46,760 --> 00:26:48,560
Speaker 2: this very clear. If you're on this team, and if

598
00:26:48,560 --> 00:26:50,880
Speaker 2: you're on my twenty six man roster, you are going

599
00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:52,680
Speaker 2: to play a good amount. And that's been the case,

600
00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:54,600
Speaker 2: A lot of guys have played a good amount. Alvi

601
00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:56,840
Speaker 2: Garcia has been the one exception this season that you know,

602
00:26:57,040 --> 00:26:59,040
Speaker 2: ever since his return, he's not been playing too much.

603
00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:00,600
Speaker 3: So we'll see.

604
00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:03,080
Speaker 2: But I think we can wrap it up here, Alex.

605
00:27:03,119 --> 00:27:05,480
Speaker 2: I mean, geez, like two hours and thirty minutes of

606
00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:07,880
Speaker 2: prospect talk. We may have to cut this in two,

607
00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:11,439
Speaker 2: but we'll see, Alex. Any anything else that we should

608
00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:14,800
Speaker 2: be adding on that we missed at any of the levels.

609
00:27:14,520 --> 00:27:16,679
Speaker 3: Oh man, I think we covered it pretty quickly. One

610
00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:18,480
Speaker 3: guy we didn't mention like when we started talking was

611
00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:21,840
Speaker 3: Andres Vlore. That's an Idea Cell guy that's been really good.

612
00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:23,480
Speaker 3: I know he was mentioned in your comments, so I

613
00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:24,680
Speaker 3: didn't want to leave that name out of this pod

614
00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:27,800
Speaker 3: because he's been really good. Anyways, No, I think we

615
00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:31,720
Speaker 3: we covered top performers and lower performers, Guys that we

616
00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:33,600
Speaker 3: want to see more from, Guys that we want to

617
00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:36,680
Speaker 3: see challenged and promoted. I think we covered a lot here.

618
00:27:37,240 --> 00:27:39,040
Speaker 3: This is fun. You know, I could talk about this

619
00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:41,000
Speaker 3: stuff all day, so two and a half hours ain't

620
00:27:41,040 --> 00:27:43,680
Speaker 3: nothing to me. So again, super proud of the work

621
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Speaker 3: and all of your knowledge with prospects that you've come

622
00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:48,879
Speaker 3: by here lately. The work that you've done on the

623
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Speaker 3: farm side of the website for Fish on, Fish on

624
00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:53,960
Speaker 3: the Farm and Fish on First is all great. So yeah, man,

625
00:27:54,119 --> 00:27:56,399
Speaker 3: I'm super glad to talk prospects at any time with you.

626
00:27:56,480 --> 00:28:00,520
Speaker 3: So jumping on this morning was super fun and yeah,

627
00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:02,400
Speaker 3: hope we brought some light to some names that people

628
00:28:02,440 --> 00:28:04,800
Speaker 3: are wondering about here in this last two and a

629
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Speaker 3: half hours.

630
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Speaker 2: We could probably do this one again in the off

631
00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:10,399
Speaker 2: season or next year, probably after the Rule five draft.

632
00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:14,120
Speaker 2: Well for myself from Carver. Two hours and thirty two

633
00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:16,560
Speaker 2: minutes later, we are wrapping up the pod and we

634
00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:18,560
Speaker 2: will see you guys all in the next one piece

635
00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:35,480
Speaker 2: out and go Fish