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Speaker 1: Hello Marlins fans, and welcome to this edition of Big

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Speaker 1: Fish Small Pod four February first, twenty twenty four. And

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Speaker 1: if you're into the small Pod, here would like to

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Speaker 1: give you all the information about the Marlins for that

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Speaker 1: particular day all season long, in ten minutes or less,

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Speaker 1: and Marlins fans, on this episode of Big Fish Small Pod,

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Speaker 1: I'll be recapping everything that's been happening with the Marlins

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Speaker 1: since the last time I spoke to y'all in that

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Speaker 1: five part series with I had a guest on each episode.

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Speaker 1: I want to thank everyone who tuned in for that series.

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Speaker 1: I'm very proud of that series, and I also want

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Speaker 1: to give a thanks to everyone who was able to

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Speaker 1: come on it and give some of their time to

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Speaker 1: be on Big Fish Small Pot. I'm really appreciative of

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Speaker 1: those five individuals. But let's talk about the Marlins and

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Speaker 1: the first piece of news that came out for the

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Speaker 1: Fish quite a while ago, right after the five part series,

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Speaker 1: that they did have a minor league signing. Yes, the

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Speaker 1: Marlins did have him a signing, not a major league one,

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Speaker 1: but the minor league signing of a player who could

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Speaker 1: potentially be under major league roster. And that is Trey

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Speaker 1: Man Seni Trey Man Senior who's coming off his worst

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Speaker 1: season of his career with the Chicago Cubs, but is

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Speaker 1: someone who is looking to improve on his last season.

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Speaker 1: Last season he got a big money contract fourteen million

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Speaker 1: This is someone for the Marlins that could come in

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Speaker 1: potentially have that DH spot and maybe the occasional first base,

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Speaker 1: but again he's going to have to compete for those

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Speaker 1: positions again with someone like Troy Johnston, but bringing in

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Speaker 1: Trey Man Senior, they could potentially bring him in just

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Speaker 1: because of his experience and his home run power. This

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Speaker 1: is someone at his peak with the Baltimore Orioles hit

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Speaker 1: thirty five home runs one season and disregard that twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty three season. Last year with the Cubs, he's had

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Speaker 1: at least eighteen home runs since twenty twenty one, twenty one,

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty one twenty one home runs, twenty twenty two

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Speaker 1: to eighteen home runs, and with Trey Mancini, he was

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Speaker 1: very sod after in that twenty twenty two trade deadline

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Speaker 1: going from Baltimore to Houston. He was one of the

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Speaker 1: bigger names that got dealt that trade deadline, and for Houston,

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Speaker 1: he was a piece that they were looking for to

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Speaker 1: go on and make that playoff World Series one and

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Speaker 1: they did end up winning the World Series with Trey Mancini,

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Speaker 1: So he does have that experience there. And for the Marlins,

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Speaker 1: I am all for having Trey Mancini on the roster,

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Speaker 1: especially on the minor league deal somewhere that could come

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Speaker 1: in give you that experience. Can have to go out

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Speaker 1: there and prove that he wants to be on this roster.

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Speaker 1: But again a minor league deal, he can go in right,

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Speaker 1: have to see if there are some opouts, but if

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Speaker 1: there are also opt out to you go ahead, opt

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Speaker 1: out and attach himself to another Andrew league roster. But

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Speaker 1: I think him with the Marlins fits very well. I

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Speaker 1: think the only thing increasingly to worry about with Trey

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Speaker 1: Mancini his defense, which has not been great. You look

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Speaker 1: at last season a negative one point four war the

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Speaker 1: worst in his career. Again, also with Trey manccenie, you're

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Speaker 1: gonna get a lot of strikeouts seventy eight strikeouts last season.

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Speaker 1: You might get some home run power, but again to

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Speaker 1: get those home runs he has to get those played

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Speaker 1: appearances that bats and those games to play. Will Trey

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Speaker 1: mancceni get it, We'll have to see us spring training

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Speaker 1: rolls around. The other bit of news that happened more

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Speaker 1: are looking in the infield shortstop market and a name

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Speaker 1: that there have been considering is out of BETEO Monday,

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Speaker 1: out of BETEO Mondsey. You may know from the Kansas

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Speaker 1: City Royals shortstop they're very great, good defensive player.

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Speaker 2: Round as sharply to MI to see who goes into

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Speaker 2: a dive and throws a strike to O'Hearn talked about

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Speaker 2: him in the linked about his defense today before the game,

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Speaker 2: and here no problem. Look how quickly he gets to

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Speaker 1: This is someone that has not played over one hundred

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Speaker 1: I believe in about twenty twenty two. He missed all

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Speaker 1: It's just can he stay healthy, because if he is

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Speaker 1: can also go out there and steal some bags. Led

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Speaker 1: But if they do bring in out of the Montesssee,

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Speaker 1: this roster for someone who's missed most of the last

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Speaker 1: three seasons because of injury. And the last bit of

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Speaker 1: news I wanted to talk about from Baseball America recently,

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Speaker 1: they dropped their top thirty prospects in twenty twenty four

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Speaker 1: and give you guys the first five prospects they have.

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Speaker 1: We could start from number one. Of course, noble Meyer.

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Speaker 1: They have noble Meyer number one, and just to read

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Speaker 1: Talking about the feature of noble Meyer is projecting him

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Speaker 1: But again they're saying with the Marlins not to rush

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Speaker 1: still ways of way for him to even debut in

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Speaker 1: With Max Meyer, what they really have him for Max

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Speaker 1: for Max Meyer. Something a lot of us here on

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Speaker 1: again someone he's still a very young prospect, someone that

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Speaker 1: The aim as nobel Mayer potentially and with Thomas White

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Speaker 1: a project for the Marlins, even if you look at

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Speaker 1: with Luis Goova, they have him of course starting him

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Speaker 1: in terms of if he can dominate the DSL, and

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Speaker 1: running capabilities, having got graded at a seventy again, he's

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Speaker 1: a former short stop now plays centerfield. He has plus

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Speaker 1: with the Wiskova they have him as the highest rated

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Speaker 1: signed as of two weeks ago. To have that capability

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Speaker 1: five they have Exavier Edwards. One more to be said

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Speaker 1: for Xavier Edwards. Came in for the Marlins last season,

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Speaker 1: played extremely well, hitting two ninety five, stealing five bases

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Speaker 1: in thirty games. He dominated TRIAA Jacksonville, hitting three point

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Speaker 1: This is someone that we're all fans of here on

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Speaker 1: twenty three. So Baseball America they have Noble Meyer, Max Meyer,

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Speaker 1: Daniel Rodriguez for Big Fish, Small Pod. As always, go

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