1 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:08,320 Speaker 1: Hello Marlins fans, and welcome to this edition of Big 2 00:00:08,360 --> 00:00:14,240 Speaker 1: Fish Small Pod for Tuesday, December twelve, twenty twenty three. 3 00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:17,040 Speaker 1: And if you are new to the Small Pod, he 4 00:00:17,079 --> 00:00:19,919 Speaker 1: would like to give you all the information about the 5 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:24,400 Speaker 1: Marlins for that particular day all season long in ten 6 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 1: minutes or less and Marlons fans, this episode will be 7 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:34,880 Speaker 1: focused on the new catcher the Fish acquired. They acquired 8 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:37,880 Speaker 1: a new catcher in a trade with the Cleveland Guardians 9 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:41,519 Speaker 1: where the Marlins are setting cast considerations to Cleveland and 10 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:46,360 Speaker 1: are acquiring Christian beth in Court, the former Tampa Bay Ray. 11 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:49,840 Speaker 1: So with Peter Bendix making that move a player he's 12 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:53,360 Speaker 1: very familiar with in Christian beth in Court, who will 13 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:56,080 Speaker 1: now come in and look to be the starting catcher 14 00:00:56,560 --> 00:00:59,760 Speaker 1: for the Marlins. But it was reported that the Marlins 15 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:02,720 Speaker 1: are not done yet with the catching position, so it 16 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:05,280 Speaker 1: could just be one of many catchers and Marlins are 17 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:09,560 Speaker 1: looking at this year and to go along with Christian Bethicourt, 18 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:11,240 Speaker 1: just to look at a little bit of his stats 19 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:13,959 Speaker 1: and what he could bring to the table for the Marlins. 20 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:18,800 Speaker 1: The first thing is it is improvement from Jacob Stallings 21 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:22,240 Speaker 1: again with Christian Bethi Court. He is not gonna set 22 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:25,800 Speaker 1: the world on fire with his batting and everything that 23 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:29,600 Speaker 1: goes along with it, his ops plus and home runs, 24 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:33,600 Speaker 1: But again it is still an increase from Jacob Stallings. 25 00:01:34,319 --> 00:01:36,320 Speaker 1: You look at his batting average from last year two 26 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:39,680 Speaker 1: twenty five six thirty five ops, which are still better 27 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:42,200 Speaker 1: than what Jacob Stallings had, and you look at his 28 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:45,800 Speaker 1: ops plus seventy four, which is still twenty points higher 29 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:48,880 Speaker 1: than Jacob Stallings from last season. So it's twenty percent 30 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:52,000 Speaker 1: better in terms of ops plus compared to Jacob Stallings. 31 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:55,280 Speaker 1: And playing on a team like the Rays with a 32 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:58,920 Speaker 1: very analytical I believe what Christian beth In Court, it 33 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:02,440 Speaker 1: could be fairly good for the Marlins. Looking out last 34 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 1: year eleven home runs thirty three RBIs he's not really 35 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:09,400 Speaker 1: gonna get on base a lot. Only thirteen walks in 36 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:12,400 Speaker 1: twenty twenty three, which is not good in terms of 37 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:14,519 Speaker 1: looking at his at bats. His playing appearance is a 38 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:16,840 Speaker 1: two fifty four on base percentage, and when you have 39 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:20,400 Speaker 1: an on base percentage, hovering around the two hundreds does 40 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:23,960 Speaker 1: not farewell a good thing for Bethan Court. He does 41 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:28,680 Speaker 1: slug decently for a catcher three eighty one, which is 42 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:32,160 Speaker 1: still better than what the Marlins had last season. But 43 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:35,480 Speaker 1: with beth in Court, what you're getting is his defense. 44 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:39,280 Speaker 1: If you look at his percentile rankings on Baseball Savant, 45 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:44,160 Speaker 1: he is elite behind the glove when it comes to 46 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:48,639 Speaker 1: caught stealing and pop time pop time ninety fifth percent, 47 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:53,279 Speaker 1: tile caught stealing ninety fourth percent tile. 48 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:56,800 Speaker 2: Tough spot here for he's gonna run the pitcher's down 49 00:02:56,880 --> 00:03:03,440 Speaker 2: in the throw right there on the money and Franco 50 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:05,960 Speaker 2: puts the tag on them. Let's take another look. Not 51 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:08,400 Speaker 2: an easy pitch to handle either. He had to backhand 52 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:10,679 Speaker 2: short hop it before he gets it on its way, 53 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:13,160 Speaker 2: and he caught it there. He tags the hamstring and 54 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:13,920 Speaker 2: see you later. 55 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:16,920 Speaker 1: A little bit in downside when it comes to framing 56 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:23,400 Speaker 1: and blocks, but hopefully that can just improve slightly with 57 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:26,240 Speaker 1: with some time in the Marlin system. But again it's 58 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:30,720 Speaker 1: just primarily defensively. What you're gonna get with Christian beth 59 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:34,440 Speaker 1: incoord And something to look at with Bethancourt along with catching, 60 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:38,200 Speaker 1: is how well Tampa Bay Ray's pictures were with beth 61 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:40,280 Speaker 1: in Court. I want to go ahead and look at 62 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:44,800 Speaker 1: the three top pitchers for the Rays last season, Zach Eflin, 63 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 1: Tyler glass Now and Shane mclenahan. Just to just to 64 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:52,440 Speaker 1: pinpoint those three pitchers, three starters for the Raise. You 65 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:54,920 Speaker 1: look at Eflyn last season with Beth and Court one 66 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:57,120 Speaker 1: hundred and thirty four innings, so he was the main. 67 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:02,440 Speaker 1: Bethcourt was I mean catch for Eflyn, and together they 68 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:05,080 Speaker 1: posted a three four to one ERA, one hundred and 69 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:09,400 Speaker 1: forty seven strikeouts. Opponents had a six five eight ops 70 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:13,840 Speaker 1: batting two thirty eight against that duo. So that is 71 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:16,880 Speaker 1: a very good sign with Beth and Court going ahead 72 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:19,400 Speaker 1: with Eflyn and you go out with Tyler glass Now, 73 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:22,960 Speaker 1: it even gets better than that. They combined for fifty 74 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:28,320 Speaker 1: eight innings, eleven games, two three three ERA. And you 75 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:31,000 Speaker 1: look at the other two catchers the Raids had with 76 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:35,640 Speaker 1: Francisco Mine Pinto Mehea had a four to one five. 77 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:38,200 Speaker 1: Pinto had a four to nine to one ERA. With 78 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:41,839 Speaker 1: Glass Now and those catchers and with Bethan Court is 79 00:04:41,960 --> 00:04:45,000 Speaker 1: half that. So you can trust your ace, your top 80 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:47,160 Speaker 1: guy to go to Beth in Court and they can 81 00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:54,159 Speaker 1: have a very good battery, a very good ERA with 82 00:04:54,480 --> 00:04:56,760 Speaker 1: those two together. You look at the batting average one 83 00:04:56,880 --> 00:05:00,880 Speaker 1: seventy six, A five five to one ops together last 84 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:03,600 Speaker 1: year in fifty eight innings. So in bethan Court you 85 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:06,159 Speaker 1: could trust him there with your ace and you could 86 00:05:06,360 --> 00:05:11,520 Speaker 1: very well have him there very well together with Bethancord 87 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:14,039 Speaker 1: and Glass now with your top pitcher, hopefully for the 88 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:16,920 Speaker 1: Marlins next season. The last one is Shane McClanahan two 89 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:21,839 Speaker 1: five nine era with Bethic Court forty one innings. Very 90 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:25,080 Speaker 1: good to see there from Bethic Court, and shame McLanahan. 91 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:28,080 Speaker 1: He used to look overall on the twenty twenty three 92 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:31,560 Speaker 1: rays and you go ahead by catcher. Bethan Court had 93 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:34,960 Speaker 1: the best era. Pitchers had the best era with beth 94 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:38,560 Speaker 1: in Court a three six oh era and seven hundred 95 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:41,400 Speaker 1: and ninety seven innings eight hundred innings or so, which 96 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:43,640 Speaker 1: is more than double than the next person with Francisco 97 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:47,000 Speaker 1: Mahea in three eighty one. But overall with Christian beth 98 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:50,680 Speaker 1: Court little up there in Aims thirty two, thirty three 99 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:52,760 Speaker 1: years old. But overall, when you're getting with beth in 100 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:56,120 Speaker 1: Court is his defense and his ability to go along 101 00:05:56,279 --> 00:06:00,719 Speaker 1: with those aces. And hopefully when Standy comes back in 102 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:03,600 Speaker 1: a couple of years with beth in Court, maybe they 103 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:06,160 Speaker 1: can have at least hopefully one season. Maybe beth and 104 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:08,960 Speaker 1: Court produces very well for the Fish and can get 105 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:13,240 Speaker 1: with his arbitration arbitration tweenty twenty three. He's a free 106 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:16,279 Speaker 1: agent twenty twenty six, so some control there with the Marlins, 107 00:06:16,279 --> 00:06:19,839 Speaker 1: which is very good for them. And hopefully when Sandy 108 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:22,080 Speaker 1: comes back after his Tommy Johnson's r I know it's 109 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:23,680 Speaker 1: a couple of years away, that could be a very 110 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:26,960 Speaker 1: potential good battery right there. And with beth of Court, 111 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:29,520 Speaker 1: one thing that he has to at least show up 112 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:31,799 Speaker 1: a bit is his bat. I know everyone can trust 113 00:06:31,880 --> 00:06:39,200 Speaker 1: him behind behind the plate with catching and hopefully catching well. 114 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:42,120 Speaker 1: With the Marlins pitchers which are already have been catching 115 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:44,760 Speaker 1: pitching well as of late, let's see how they could 116 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:46,919 Speaker 1: do with this new catcher in beth in Court. But 117 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:49,120 Speaker 1: for him, it's going to be offensively and he can 118 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:51,200 Speaker 1: produce just a bit. Eleven home runs get up to 119 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:54,400 Speaker 1: the fifteen home runs would be just perfect for the 120 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:57,240 Speaker 1: Fish getting that from their catcher batan average to twenty 121 00:06:57,279 --> 00:06:59,440 Speaker 1: five can get that up to the two forties again, 122 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:02,279 Speaker 1: that is just more what the Marlins could have potentially 123 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:05,600 Speaker 1: asked for. And if he can have I don't want 124 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:07,680 Speaker 1: to say the same season as he had last year, 125 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:09,960 Speaker 1: but again a positive war which is still better than 126 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:12,480 Speaker 1: what the Marlins had last season. If he can go 127 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:15,360 Speaker 1: up there potentially have a one and a half war season. 128 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:18,880 Speaker 1: I think it's proven to give a beth Court a 129 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:21,880 Speaker 1: longer stay with the Fish. But overall, I do like 130 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:25,200 Speaker 1: the trade. You're trading away cash considerations for a starting 131 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:29,120 Speaker 1: caliber catcher which you desperately need against not a long 132 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 1: term type catcher five six years. But again he does 133 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:36,840 Speaker 1: have that control which is very well. Gives him enough 134 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:40,560 Speaker 1: time to gain chemistry with the pitchers and you can 135 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:42,880 Speaker 1: really see what you have with the Court, and if not, 136 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:45,440 Speaker 1: you can always trade them and try to recoup some 137 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:48,120 Speaker 1: of that cast. But overall, a very good trade for 138 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:51,240 Speaker 1: the Marlins for bethic Court and Peter Bendix loves his 139 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:53,920 Speaker 1: rays soon to be the Miami Rays with all these 140 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 1: rays coming in to the fish. But again I like 141 00:07:56,720 --> 00:07:59,760 Speaker 1: this trade a lot with Christian Bethicourt coming to the 142 00:07:59,760 --> 00:08:03,120 Speaker 1: Marlands and that's gonna do it for big fish, smallpod 143 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:10,360 Speaker 1: as always, go fish. H h m hm hmmm