1 00:00:01,280 --> 00:00:05,520 Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to Big Fish Small Pod. I'm Andrew Wardal. 2 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:11,840 Speaker 1: Today is July sixth, twenty twenty two. Tonight, the Marlins 3 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:17,320 Speaker 1: will face off again with the Los Angeles Angels once more, 4 00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:21,400 Speaker 1: Game two of the series tonight at Lone Depot Park 5 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:25,439 Speaker 1: at six forty. The Marlins will send Trevor Rodgers to 6 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:32,120 Speaker 1: face Showe Otani. It'll be the first matchup for these 7 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:38,360 Speaker 1: teams facing these pictures. So with obviously like the pedigree 8 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:46,239 Speaker 1: behind oh Hani being like just like this anticipation and 9 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:50,960 Speaker 1: all the talk of his talent. Certainly we've like probably 10 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:54,760 Speaker 1: all seen him play in some game, just not against 11 00:00:55,840 --> 00:01:01,920 Speaker 1: the Marlins, not until tonight. So yeah, we had a 12 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:07,680 Speaker 1: pretty light day for baseball in the Marlins organization yesterday. 13 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:12,080 Speaker 1: Jude Biter to Jacksonville all had the day off. The 14 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:18,840 Speaker 1: Marlins played the Angels at home. Sandy took it eight 15 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:23,839 Speaker 1: shout out innings, Tanner Scott came in for the save. 16 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:30,080 Speaker 1: And what do you know, Marlins got up a game 17 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:33,880 Speaker 1: against the Angels and like Mike Trout and Show hey Otani, 18 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 1: these hitters that you anticipate and you know that they're 19 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:40,199 Speaker 1: going to, you know, be a threat each and every 20 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:43,160 Speaker 1: time they're at the plate. 21 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:46,680 Speaker 2: So it was an encouraging win overall. 22 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:50,600 Speaker 1: The Marlins wind streak now at six games, and Sandy 23 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:58,400 Speaker 1: just like unbelievable an anticipation of sho hey Otani tonight 24 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:02,160 Speaker 1: Sandy last night, figured I'd take a look at just 25 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:07,880 Speaker 1: how these aces are a bit different from each other, 26 00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:11,839 Speaker 1: because with Sandy you have a really like streamlined sort 27 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:16,520 Speaker 1: of attack at the hitter. This year, he's leaning heavily 28 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:19,560 Speaker 1: on his change of it's throwing it more than any other. 29 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 2: Pitch, swing and amiss for strike three. 30 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:31,120 Speaker 1: Pairing out with that sinker fastball and you're slider. So 31 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:35,320 Speaker 1: it's a really like distilled sort of attack from Sandy. 32 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:40,799 Speaker 1: He's obviously like a like a prototypical pitcher, very athletic 33 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:47,760 Speaker 1: individual with just great arm talent bringing it to the plate, 34 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:54,239 Speaker 1: attacking the zone and really just making hitters look silly, 35 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 1: just make them like kind of like swing at the 36 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:58,680 Speaker 1: bat and have that like legal with the late break. 37 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:03,640 Speaker 1: He misses some bad struck out ten last night, not 38 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:05,799 Speaker 1: necessarily known to do that. He's more of like your 39 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 1: attack the zone sort of guy, and a hundred city 40 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:17,680 Speaker 1: couple digitates, so that just like sets up a different 41 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:21,919 Speaker 1: sort of like precedent for like your like a ace 42 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:27,080 Speaker 1: performer than what you have with shoh Otani. Baseball Savon 43 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:31,840 Speaker 1: credits Shofey Otani with seven pitches this year in twenty 44 00:03:31,919 --> 00:03:32,480 Speaker 1: twenty two. 45 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:34,200 Speaker 2: He's been effective as well. 46 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 1: Going into this matchup tonight July sixth, he hasn't allowed 47 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:45,400 Speaker 1: a run since June ninth. Something to keep an eye on, 48 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:50,400 Speaker 1: even because he's been on it and he's been just 49 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:55,200 Speaker 1: using this like full arsenal to just well be exactly 50 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 1: what with hitters my conception really and tell me if 51 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:03,880 Speaker 1: you're in any way like disagreeable on that. I find 52 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 1: that like Otani is very much a sort of pitcher 53 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:11,320 Speaker 1: that like plays against the hitter looking for those sort 54 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:15,880 Speaker 1: of just like foolish moments and utilizing this whole arsenal 55 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:18,560 Speaker 1: to just get ahead. Obviously a great athlete, he can 56 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:22,480 Speaker 1: really like bring it for like quite a long time. 57 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:25,720 Speaker 1: It's just so crazy that what we're talking about with 58 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 1: Otani is also paired with just like the the max 59 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:35,400 Speaker 1: exit velocity of twenty twenty two. Really it's a lot 60 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:38,599 Speaker 1: to get ahead of for the Marlins. Looking at just 61 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:44,040 Speaker 1: like some trends with Miami's offense really what I was 62 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:46,159 Speaker 1: able to find is that there is a real tendency 63 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:50,640 Speaker 1: and it's like totally is literally numbers from Baseball Reference, 64 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 1: but is anecdotally really it feels right for how the 65 00:04:56,480 --> 00:05:01,359 Speaker 1: Marlins offense has performed this year so far. Like looking 66 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:05,880 Speaker 1: at like leads gained and lost in the first inning, uh, 67 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:10,400 Speaker 1: after that inning, the Marlins are of ten games ahead, 68 00:05:10,839 --> 00:05:16,839 Speaker 1: twenty three times behind, forty five times tied. This continues 69 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:20,000 Speaker 1: as like a trend down through the ninth I'm looking 70 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:25,000 Speaker 1: at a table right there. But really critical to it 71 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:29,000 Speaker 1: is that the Marlins are often like catching up and 72 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:32,680 Speaker 1: like by the ninth inning they're ahead thirty five uh 73 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:37,760 Speaker 1: to thirty seven times behind with like a sixth time tie. 74 00:05:37,839 --> 00:05:39,800 Speaker 2: So the nine inning. 75 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:45,040 Speaker 1: Game is something the Marlins have been competitive through with 76 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:48,120 Speaker 1: that like thirty nine and forty record that they're bringing 77 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:52,120 Speaker 1: into tonight with the Angels. 78 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:53,520 Speaker 2: There's a real. 79 00:05:53,400 --> 00:06:00,960 Speaker 1: Trend of the Marlins getting behind early. Seemingly it's because 80 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:06,320 Speaker 1: they're not getting to the starting pitcher early. With the 81 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:10,080 Speaker 1: guy like Otani who has like all of the pitches 82 00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:13,960 Speaker 1: you could really need to continue to present new and 83 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:21,520 Speaker 1: fresh looks to opposing hitters. Kind of real like critical 84 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:25,800 Speaker 1: key to the game there for the Marlins trying to 85 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:31,120 Speaker 1: get ahead of yr shohi Otani early. I like what 86 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:33,839 Speaker 1: I've seen personally from the Marlins lately at the plate, 87 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:39,839 Speaker 1: pointing to like Garrett Cooper, who's really like stood out 88 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:44,280 Speaker 1: as one of the better hitters in Major League Baseball, 89 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:48,600 Speaker 1: Joy Wendall's back getting the bat on the ball of 90 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:51,599 Speaker 1: Brian Anderson make an impact again. 91 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:52,520 Speaker 2: At the plate. 92 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:54,520 Speaker 1: It feels like the way that the lineup, at least 93 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:57,799 Speaker 1: the way it was stacked up yesterday with like Wendell 94 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:02,560 Speaker 1: Cooper at the top, that that the Marlins are really 95 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:07,080 Speaker 1: well positioned to get players on base, and then they 96 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:11,880 Speaker 1: have a consistent flow of hitters, be like Abby or 97 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:19,480 Speaker 1: Dala Cruz or Jesus or Jesus really anyone could go 98 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:23,400 Speaker 1: at the plate and be there and be that guy 99 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:25,800 Speaker 1: to try to get that hit and get that RBI. 100 00:07:25,880 --> 00:07:26,680 Speaker 2: They're both. 101 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:34,520 Speaker 1: Sets of the lineup really set to get back to 102 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:40,080 Speaker 1: the ball into the field and then get the run home. 103 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:43,520 Speaker 1: It's not like the Marlins offense has been like impenetrable. 104 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:50,000 Speaker 1: We saw them relatively not like shut down by Noah's 105 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:53,800 Speaker 1: Sinderguard last night, but the offense was really consolidated to 106 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:58,760 Speaker 1: a couple of solo home runs, so against like a 107 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:02,480 Speaker 1: solid starter, like you know, going to find it seems 108 00:08:03,320 --> 00:08:08,400 Speaker 1: like the Marlins with a bit of like felt approach 109 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:11,360 Speaker 1: to how they're going to be pitched by Otani. Maybe 110 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:13,320 Speaker 1: there's a bit of like a baton to be passed 111 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:19,520 Speaker 1: on the team with like Billy Hamilton and Joey Wendell, 112 00:08:20,640 --> 00:08:22,440 Speaker 1: guys who have faced Otani before. 113 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:26,480 Speaker 2: On the flip side, by the way, Jonathan r is. 114 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:30,480 Speaker 1: The only Angel that has faced Trevor Rodgers get ready 115 00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:37,280 Speaker 1: for the six forty stark time against Otani. Kind of 116 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:40,720 Speaker 1: a weird like baseball savant quirk that I found on 117 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:43,800 Speaker 1: Sandy's page today just to like kind of share with 118 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:48,560 Speaker 1: you before we get going, is that Sandy's most similar 119 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:53,600 Speaker 1: pitchers based on velocity and movement are six to Sanchez 120 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:58,800 Speaker 1: from twenty twenty, Jose Urania from twenty twenty, Luis Castillo 121 00:08:58,840 --> 00:09:05,120 Speaker 1: from twenty twenty, and Anthony the Sclaffini from twenty twenty. 122 00:09:05,160 --> 00:09:09,640 Speaker 1: All five of those pitchers, you know, spend some time 123 00:09:09,679 --> 00:09:14,480 Speaker 1: with the Marlins. I don't know what to make of 124 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:21,800 Speaker 1: that fact myself, totally just leaving that out there for you. Really, Hey, Anyways, 125 00:09:22,920 --> 00:09:25,680 Speaker 1: thank you for listening to big Fish Small Pod. I'll 126 00:09:25,679 --> 00:09:29,040 Speaker 1: be back with you on Friday, when the Marlins will 127 00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:34,000 Speaker 1: have officially hit game eighty one of the year, the 128 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:39,240 Speaker 1: halfway point here in the twenty twenty two season. 129 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:42,920 Speaker 2: So yeah, I have a great day. 130 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:48,160 Speaker 1: Six forty again for the Star time be there.