1 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:17,079 Speaker 1: Believe it or not, the show goes on. This is 2 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:20,640 Speaker 1: the official show on the fish Stripes podcast channel with 3 00:00:20,760 --> 00:00:24,960 Speaker 1: me Eli Sussman, the managing editor of fish Stripes, where 4 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:29,400 Speaker 1: we cover your Miami Marlins every day in our own 5 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:33,920 Speaker 1: way as usual. My plea to listen to this pod. 6 00:00:34,040 --> 00:00:36,559 Speaker 1: Of course, you're already doing that. Subscribe to this podcast 7 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:39,400 Speaker 1: wherever you get your pods, leave a rating and review 8 00:00:39,479 --> 00:00:43,199 Speaker 1: wherever applicable on your platforms. Check out all of our 9 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:46,479 Speaker 1: contents at fishstripes dot com for myself and all our 10 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:50,120 Speaker 1: contributors covering this team from every angle and the majors 11 00:00:50,120 --> 00:00:55,240 Speaker 1: and the minors, analysis, news, opinions, history, and more. Follow 12 00:00:55,320 --> 00:01:00,160 Speaker 1: us on social media fish Stripes on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, 13 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:06,039 Speaker 1: TikTok YouTube getting close to my one thousand subscriber YouTube milestone, 14 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:08,000 Speaker 1: and right here on the podcast feed you get my 15 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:10,840 Speaker 1: solo episodes twice a week. You get our small pod 16 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:15,839 Speaker 1: every weekday morning throughout the season. And so we're still 17 00:01:15,880 --> 00:01:18,240 Speaker 1: relatively early in this season, but I gotta admit this 18 00:01:18,280 --> 00:01:20,240 Speaker 1: is one of those times a year where it is 19 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:23,840 Speaker 1: difficult to motivate myself to crawl out of bed to 20 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:28,320 Speaker 1: talk about this team. They've lost four straight series. They 21 00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:31,679 Speaker 1: were down to fourth place in the National League East. 22 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:35,280 Speaker 1: The problem is it's not getting a whole lot easier 23 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:38,320 Speaker 1: moving forward. What I'm going to talk about on this pod. 24 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:41,880 Speaker 1: As usual on Mondays, we rewind to what happened over 25 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:44,200 Speaker 1: the weekend, in this case a three game series between 26 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:48,640 Speaker 1: the Marlins and the Brewers. Meanwhile, the team was celebrating 27 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:52,440 Speaker 1: the twenty fifth anniversary of the nineteen ninety seven World 28 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:55,880 Speaker 1: Series championship team. And then we're going to dive into 29 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 1: two particular injuries and the guys who need to step 30 00:01:59,880 --> 00:02:02,120 Speaker 1: up up in the place of those injuries. I'm sure 31 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:05,560 Speaker 1: you heard about them. Joey Wendell officially going on the 32 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:10,160 Speaker 1: IL on Friday, Heyesuslizardo on Sunday. And the two guys 33 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:14,520 Speaker 1: I'm identifying as key pieces during this next few weeks stretch, 34 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:19,800 Speaker 1: Cody Pote and the captain, Miguel Rojas. We have not 35 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:23,240 Speaker 1: talked about Mickey ro much at all this year. It's 36 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:25,560 Speaker 1: time to hold him accountable for the start he's gone 37 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:28,080 Speaker 1: off too, and to see if there's any light at 38 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:31,000 Speaker 1: the end of his slow start. On the other side 39 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:33,880 Speaker 1: of this break, we go small pod and then into 40 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:36,919 Speaker 1: those injuries and those guys who need to step up. 41 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:39,960 Speaker 1: It's gonna be fun. Believe it or not. Stick with me. 42 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 1: On Friday, the series open there between the Brewers and 43 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:47,920 Speaker 1: the Marlins, we got a marquee pitching matchup the reigning 44 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:52,040 Speaker 1: nl Cy Young Award winner Corbin Burns the current Major 45 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:56,959 Speaker 1: League er A leader Pablo Lopez. Aside from a first 46 00:02:57,040 --> 00:02:59,960 Speaker 1: ending leadoff home run that Pablo allowed to Colton Will, 47 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:05,240 Speaker 1: he was even better than advertised. Career high eleven strikeouts 48 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:08,240 Speaker 1: led the Majors among all pitchers that pitched on Friday, 49 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:11,840 Speaker 1: with twenty swinging strikes as you could guess almost all 50 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:14,760 Speaker 1: of them on his change up. They knew what he 51 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:17,359 Speaker 1: was throwing, or really they didn't, but even if they 52 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:19,240 Speaker 1: did know what he was throwing, they couldn't hit it. 53 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:21,040 Speaker 1: It was one of those nights where he just did 54 00:03:21,240 --> 00:03:24,919 Speaker 1: an impeccable job at disguising when he was going to 55 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:27,320 Speaker 1: go fastball versus change up. And because he was getting 56 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:30,440 Speaker 1: a heading counts, there were a lot of chases outside 57 00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:34,200 Speaker 1: the zone right below the zone. It had been a 58 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:36,840 Speaker 1: running joke for a while that Pablo was stuck on 59 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:39,920 Speaker 1: nine strikeouts. He had to reach that number a handful 60 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:42,680 Speaker 1: of times over the past few years. This was an 61 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:46,680 Speaker 1: important step forward in his ability to be independent of 62 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 1: his defense and to miss bats and have that success 63 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:53,840 Speaker 1: that it was the same pitch and the same result 64 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 1: Poblo Lopez. Right after this one, I was compelled to 65 00:03:57,640 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 1: write about how this starts this season, that Pablo is 66 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:03,560 Speaker 1: off to puts him in great position to be a 67 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:06,840 Speaker 1: National League All Star first time in his career. So 68 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 1: you could check that out on fish Stripes. On the 69 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 1: other side of the matchup, Corbyn Burns also lived up 70 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:14,720 Speaker 1: to the hype, allowing just one solo home run over 71 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:17,880 Speaker 1: his innings and working deep into the game. So then 72 00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:21,080 Speaker 1: it was a battle of the bullpens. Unfortunately, as we've 73 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:23,000 Speaker 1: seen throughout most of the season, if it's a battle 74 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:25,840 Speaker 1: of the bullpens, the Marlins are usually going to lose 75 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:29,400 Speaker 1: that battle. This case, the goat. You could pin it 76 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:31,760 Speaker 1: on either Anthony Bender, but you should pin it on 77 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:34,040 Speaker 1: Tanner Scott. He was the one that loaded the bases 78 00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 1: in the top of the ninth inning. Bender was the 79 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:40,240 Speaker 1: one who ended up walking in the winning run. It 80 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:42,000 Speaker 1: was a bad look, but he was put into a 81 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:46,080 Speaker 1: really tough position and above all else, even though the 82 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:48,720 Speaker 1: bullpen is a scapegoat, it's the offense that has been 83 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:53,800 Speaker 1: jekylin hide this year. Sometimes they explode, other times they 84 00:04:53,880 --> 00:04:57,039 Speaker 1: are impotent. And they just had one solo home run 85 00:04:57,080 --> 00:04:59,480 Speaker 1: I believe by Heyesus Aguilar in this and that was 86 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:02,200 Speaker 1: their whole off Marlins lose two to one to open 87 00:05:02,279 --> 00:05:07,120 Speaker 1: up their highly anticipated anniversary celebration, but then on Saturday 88 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:10,760 Speaker 1: they bounced back a nine to three win where their 89 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 1: offense showed up in full force two big innings where 90 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:17,200 Speaker 1: they scored four runs apiece. In this one, once again 91 00:05:17,240 --> 00:05:20,239 Speaker 1: falling behind in the first ending, and with Trevor Rodgers, 92 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:23,680 Speaker 1: unlike Pablo, when he makes a mistake, you start fearing 93 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:26,599 Speaker 1: the worst in the season where he has not looked 94 00:05:26,680 --> 00:05:29,680 Speaker 1: quite the same as he did in his early twenty 95 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:33,920 Speaker 1: twenty one excellence. Thankfully, as this start wore on aside 96 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:36,120 Speaker 1: from that first ending home run, really outside of that 97 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:39,599 Speaker 1: first ending, he was amazing. He did look every bit 98 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:42,440 Speaker 1: like that guy last year, and really that's not giving 99 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:45,400 Speaker 1: him enough credit. The difference is he even admitted it 100 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:48,880 Speaker 1: after the game. His slider was nastier than it's ever 101 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:53,560 Speaker 1: been before. It was his main with pitch in this one. 102 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:55,080 Speaker 1: It was the one that he was using to put 103 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:58,560 Speaker 1: away batters that we had not seen him do before. 104 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:01,400 Speaker 1: He's put in so much work to make that a 105 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:04,680 Speaker 1: legitimate third pitch, and this gives you hope that he 106 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:08,479 Speaker 1: is improving as an overall pitcher, believe it or not. 107 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:11,840 Speaker 1: So it brings down his era to respectability into the 108 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:14,839 Speaker 1: mid fours. He ends up working into the sixth ending, 109 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:18,239 Speaker 1: not completing the sixth ending, though strikes out Christian Yelich 110 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:22,000 Speaker 1: a couple of times in this one. An immensely encouraging 111 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:26,200 Speaker 1: performance from Trevor Rodgers, especially in the aftermath of Hasius 112 00:06:26,279 --> 00:06:30,520 Speaker 1: Lozardo going down on the Marlins side. I guess some 113 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:33,360 Speaker 1: good karma. This was when they went the furthest to 114 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:37,120 Speaker 1: embrace the silver anniversary of the ninety seven team, a 115 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:41,640 Speaker 1: big pregame ceremony where almost half of the roster, also 116 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:47,400 Speaker 1: including manager Jim Leland, got together special introductions one by one, 117 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:50,520 Speaker 1: called out of the dugout and given ovations from the 118 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:53,800 Speaker 1: fans at Lone Depot Park. That was cool when we 119 00:06:53,839 --> 00:06:57,560 Speaker 1: had a great credential coverage, unprecedented three media members from 120 00:06:57,560 --> 00:06:59,680 Speaker 1: Fist Stripes to do in credential coverage for this one, 121 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:01,640 Speaker 1: and I think they did a great job at the 122 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:07,080 Speaker 1: ballpark chronicling this win. Again. The Marlins fell behind initially, 123 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:09,760 Speaker 1: but you almost forgot about that because of the crooked 124 00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:13,400 Speaker 1: numbers they put up against Eric lower Jorcez Hilaire shout 125 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:16,200 Speaker 1: out to him hitting a home run in a very 126 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:19,239 Speaker 1: important spot that I think put the Marlins ahead for good. 127 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:22,240 Speaker 1: His first handful of Marlins home runs came in mostly 128 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:27,040 Speaker 1: inconsequential situations. This was a different story. This was exactly 129 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:30,200 Speaker 1: what they got him for. There's so Laire crushing one 130 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:35,080 Speaker 1: left center field way back, and there you go, hockey 131 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:38,880 Speaker 1: and the Marlins go up two to one. Let's see 132 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:44,560 Speaker 1: when I show up. Everybody in the Marlins lineup got 133 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:47,800 Speaker 1: a hit in this game. I do mean everybody. That 134 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:52,120 Speaker 1: well rounded effort. You love to see it. And the 135 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:54,640 Speaker 1: game wasn't even as close as the final score would indicate. 136 00:07:55,080 --> 00:07:59,960 Speaker 1: Dylan Floro with a rough outing in this one, give 137 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:02,160 Speaker 1: up a couple of runs late in the game when 138 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:05,600 Speaker 1: it was ready solved itself. But that is one thing 139 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:09,360 Speaker 1: I'm keeping my eye on with Floro. He was supposed 140 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:11,560 Speaker 1: to be such an integral part of this bullpen entering 141 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:15,600 Speaker 1: the year and my worst fears from his rehab assignment 142 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:19,800 Speaker 1: have been realized. He is not the guy that the 143 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:22,360 Speaker 1: back of the baseball card says he is right now. 144 00:08:22,760 --> 00:08:25,520 Speaker 1: His stuff is not where it should be, his command 145 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:28,720 Speaker 1: is not exactly where it should be right now, and 146 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:32,680 Speaker 1: fingers crossed, he does recapture that form as the season 147 00:08:32,920 --> 00:08:36,360 Speaker 1: goes on. And for everybody that got a replica World 148 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:38,320 Speaker 1: Series ring, it's part of the giveaway. It was supposed 149 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:40,400 Speaker 1: to be a children's giveaway, but the demand for it 150 00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:44,040 Speaker 1: among adults was predictable and has been very amusing. So 151 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:47,840 Speaker 1: I know there's a scramble to get those second on 152 00:08:47,880 --> 00:08:51,160 Speaker 1: the second hand market, and that's been a fun storyline 153 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:55,240 Speaker 1: to follow. I'm glad people were enjoyed those and have 154 00:08:56,120 --> 00:09:00,360 Speaker 1: bringing out the inner child in them, embracing being part, 155 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:04,160 Speaker 1: in some small way of that initial Marvelins championship. Then 156 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:09,079 Speaker 1: the rubber game on Sunday, extremely predictable. Brandon Woodriff comes 157 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:12,320 Speaker 1: into this one really struggling despite coming off a previous 158 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:14,960 Speaker 1: All Star season. It was only a matter of time 159 00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:17,440 Speaker 1: until he kind of rounded back into form. And on 160 00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:20,720 Speaker 1: the other side, Eliezer Hernandez, with a few exceptions, just 161 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:23,920 Speaker 1: a really bad year for him. He's been around the block, 162 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:28,400 Speaker 1: The scouting report is out on him, and the rhythm 163 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:34,400 Speaker 1: of his starts are just so maddening you know exactly 164 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:37,640 Speaker 1: how it's going to go. Even on days like this 165 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:41,000 Speaker 1: where he allowed zero earned runs through the first four innings, 166 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:43,840 Speaker 1: he looks like he's pretty efficient going into the fifth. 167 00:09:44,320 --> 00:09:47,880 Speaker 1: When hitters get a third opportunity to face him, they 168 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:50,840 Speaker 1: do damage. He makes mistakes, and his stuff is not 169 00:09:50,880 --> 00:09:54,600 Speaker 1: good enough to get away from it in this situation. 170 00:09:54,760 --> 00:09:56,640 Speaker 1: I think the Marlins actually had a lead going into 171 00:09:56,640 --> 00:09:58,280 Speaker 1: that fifth inning, right they were up three to one, 172 00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:01,199 Speaker 1: and then he gives it right back. He can't even 173 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:04,559 Speaker 1: get an out in that fifth inning, and just asking 174 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:06,800 Speaker 1: a whole lot of this bullpen to get through what 175 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:10,840 Speaker 1: would have been five innings against a pretty solid Brewers lineup. 176 00:10:11,040 --> 00:10:13,760 Speaker 1: So it was lewis Head in this one that was 177 00:10:13,800 --> 00:10:15,880 Speaker 1: not quite on top of his game. I think. Later 178 00:10:15,920 --> 00:10:18,360 Speaker 1: on Tommy Nance even allowed a home run after looking 179 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:21,640 Speaker 1: impressive in his first couple outings. Dylan Floro came in 180 00:10:21,760 --> 00:10:24,079 Speaker 1: later on, although I think he pitched his scoreless inning. 181 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:27,320 Speaker 1: So the pitching just was not good enough in this one, 182 00:10:27,640 --> 00:10:30,680 Speaker 1: and the Marlins lineup was not effective enough. It hurt 183 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:34,080 Speaker 1: that Jazz Chishom Junior taking a rare off day against 184 00:10:34,120 --> 00:10:39,080 Speaker 1: a righty in Woodruff. That was surprising. The pairs appears 185 00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:42,079 Speaker 1: to be totally fine, but that did not make things 186 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:45,680 Speaker 1: any easier for them. Hayesius Sanchez, He's somebody we're gonna 187 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:47,480 Speaker 1: have to dive into a lot in the near future 188 00:10:47,559 --> 00:10:50,680 Speaker 1: because his slump continues. He is the coldest hitter on 189 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:53,480 Speaker 1: this team, which is saying quite a lot batting lead off. 190 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:56,439 Speaker 1: I did not understand that decision based on his recent play. 191 00:10:56,720 --> 00:11:01,040 Speaker 1: Takes the golden sombrero. Four strikeouts in this game for 192 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:05,959 Speaker 1: a Sue Sanchez, and it is really getting close to 193 00:11:05,960 --> 00:11:08,280 Speaker 1: that time where you question if he should be the 194 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:11,240 Speaker 1: everyday center fielder or even the primary center fielder for 195 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:14,760 Speaker 1: this major league team that desperately needs wins. I mentioned, 196 00:11:14,800 --> 00:11:18,000 Speaker 1: of course, Lozardo getting injured temporarily filling his roster spot. 197 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:22,080 Speaker 1: Lewin Diaz, his first day on the active roster this season, 198 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:25,160 Speaker 1: doesn't actually get into the game, and all indications are 199 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:27,400 Speaker 1: that he's going back down to Triple A in a 200 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:30,080 Speaker 1: matter of days. Now that Garrett Cooper has avoided his 201 00:11:30,600 --> 00:11:33,240 Speaker 1: latest injury scare, so the final score on Sunday seven 202 00:11:33,280 --> 00:11:36,840 Speaker 1: to three. The Marlins yet again lose the series. Yet again, 203 00:11:36,880 --> 00:11:40,199 Speaker 1: they lose a series in which they outscored their opponents 204 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:44,440 Speaker 1: three consecutive of those where they have had a positive 205 00:11:44,559 --> 00:11:47,720 Speaker 1: run differential in the series, and still lost the series. 206 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:51,960 Speaker 1: Madness on the brighter side, As usual, my Fish Prospects 207 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:56,960 Speaker 1: of the Week shouting out a top performing Marlins pitcher 208 00:11:57,000 --> 00:12:00,520 Speaker 1: and position player from the past week in Minor league baseball. 209 00:12:00,679 --> 00:12:03,920 Speaker 1: On the pitching side, left hander Pat Monteverde. How was 210 00:12:03,920 --> 00:12:06,280 Speaker 1: that for a deep dive. He was one of the 211 00:12:06,360 --> 00:12:09,640 Speaker 1: Marlins college draft picks in the twenty twenty one Class 212 00:12:09,679 --> 00:12:13,280 Speaker 1: eighth round out of Texas Tech. This was certainly his 213 00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:17,600 Speaker 1: best outing overall as a professional player. With hi a Beloit, 214 00:12:17,920 --> 00:12:20,480 Speaker 1: he earns his first minor league win by going seven 215 00:12:20,559 --> 00:12:24,400 Speaker 1: shutout innings in zero walks on the hitting side. Pretty 216 00:12:24,440 --> 00:12:27,600 Speaker 1: easy one here, Ian Lewis, I've been really high on 217 00:12:27,640 --> 00:12:31,560 Speaker 1: this guy since the middle of last year. Appeared to 218 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:35,320 Speaker 1: be held back in extended spring training for disciplinary issues 219 00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:39,079 Speaker 1: some other sort of non injury related situation that held 220 00:12:39,160 --> 00:12:41,040 Speaker 1: him out for about the first month of the season, 221 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:44,240 Speaker 1: and he did not miss a beat playing at full 222 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:47,199 Speaker 1: season ball for the first time, racked up ten hits 223 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:51,640 Speaker 1: in five games, a five eighty eight, six eleven six 224 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:56,280 Speaker 1: forty seven slash line, twelve fifty eight ops for the 225 00:12:56,360 --> 00:13:01,920 Speaker 1: Toolsie infielder. Only nineteen years old, he's one to watch. 226 00:13:02,160 --> 00:13:04,839 Speaker 1: He has been an exceptional performer so far in his 227 00:13:05,280 --> 00:13:09,640 Speaker 1: minor league career. Honorable mentions Zach mccambley another great start, 228 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:14,240 Speaker 1: really recovering from what was initially a slow first few 229 00:13:14,280 --> 00:13:17,360 Speaker 1: games of the season, and then Gerar and Cronacion. He 230 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:20,440 Speaker 1: is knocking louder and louder on the door to be 231 00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:23,800 Speaker 1: promoted to Triple A. He's also with Pensacola right now, 232 00:13:23,880 --> 00:13:27,120 Speaker 1: but included in this past week a four hit game, 233 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:30,680 Speaker 1: which was his first time since twenty eighteen have something 234 00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:34,320 Speaker 1: like that in between. He was an offensive presence in 235 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:38,880 Speaker 1: every single game of that series. Loved to see him thriving. Remember, 236 00:13:38,920 --> 00:13:41,520 Speaker 1: he still just twenty four years old and he's on 237 00:13:41,559 --> 00:13:44,760 Speaker 1: the forty man roster, so it would not be totally 238 00:13:45,040 --> 00:13:47,200 Speaker 1: out of the blue if he, at some point before 239 00:13:47,200 --> 00:13:52,920 Speaker 1: the end of this year makes it up to the show. 240 00:13:54,240 --> 00:13:57,839 Speaker 1: The Marlins head into this new week at fifteen and 241 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:03,280 Speaker 1: nineteen overall place in the National League East buried pretty 242 00:14:03,280 --> 00:14:06,959 Speaker 1: deep in the wild card race as well, and things 243 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:10,160 Speaker 1: to not get a whole lot easier moving forward again. 244 00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:12,640 Speaker 1: Two key injuries coming up in the last few days. 245 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:17,200 Speaker 1: Joey Wendell aggravating his tender hamstring officially suffering a strain 246 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:20,080 Speaker 1: and going on the IL that was official on Friday, 247 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:22,480 Speaker 1: and Lozardo. This one, they did a good job of 248 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:25,800 Speaker 1: hiding it. I don't think anybody really saw this coming 249 00:14:26,160 --> 00:14:29,560 Speaker 1: because he'd been all right in his past couple of starts. 250 00:14:29,560 --> 00:14:32,840 Speaker 1: But he goes on the IL with a four arm strain. 251 00:14:33,720 --> 00:14:37,520 Speaker 1: So we started. We started with Wendell. I guess that's 252 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:40,840 Speaker 1: the one. He's been performing so well to this point 253 00:14:40,960 --> 00:14:43,880 Speaker 1: in the season, exactly as advertised, coming off an All 254 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:46,560 Speaker 1: Star year with the Rays, where he puts a bat 255 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:49,320 Speaker 1: on the ball, he plays good defense at several different spots, 256 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:53,480 Speaker 1: and he's down for the next few weeks. At least. 257 00:14:53,520 --> 00:14:55,800 Speaker 1: They tried, you know, before, to manage it as a 258 00:14:55,840 --> 00:14:59,040 Speaker 1: day to day situation, But you look at the history 259 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:02,840 Speaker 1: of people rushing back from hamstring strains, and unless you 260 00:15:03,240 --> 00:15:06,360 Speaker 1: even the minor ones, you're really looking at two full 261 00:15:06,440 --> 00:15:11,560 Speaker 1: weeks of non game activities before even going on a 262 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:14,480 Speaker 1: rehab assignment. I think it's pretty clear that he's going 263 00:15:14,520 --> 00:15:16,840 Speaker 1: to be out for the rest of May to really 264 00:15:16,880 --> 00:15:21,080 Speaker 1: get this right, get back to normal, to ensure that 265 00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:23,080 Speaker 1: he puts it behind him and it's not something that 266 00:15:23,280 --> 00:15:26,360 Speaker 1: is slowing him down the rest of the year. With 267 00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:32,080 Speaker 1: him out, the onus shifts to Miguel Rojas, who has 268 00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:36,520 Speaker 1: I think he's been let off easy to this point 269 00:15:36,520 --> 00:15:39,960 Speaker 1: in the season. He was. Of course, you go back 270 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:43,160 Speaker 1: to twenty twenty, he was arguably the most most valuable 271 00:15:43,480 --> 00:15:47,120 Speaker 1: player on the team overall. I think how quickly we 272 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:50,560 Speaker 1: forget that from twenty nineteen to twenty twenty one, he 273 00:15:50,640 --> 00:15:54,000 Speaker 1: had a ninety nine weighted runs created plus a league 274 00:15:54,080 --> 00:15:57,200 Speaker 1: average hitter over that entire three season span dating back 275 00:15:57,240 --> 00:16:00,280 Speaker 1: to twenty nineteen. That's why they extended him once. That's 276 00:16:00,280 --> 00:16:03,600 Speaker 1: why they extended his contract again this past offseason. That's 277 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:07,240 Speaker 1: why when they extended him this past offseason, I was 278 00:16:07,280 --> 00:16:10,520 Speaker 1: celebrating the team friendly terms of the deal. I could 279 00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:14,960 Speaker 1: not understand why he would value himself as a five 280 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:18,000 Speaker 1: million dollar a year player when he was doing a 281 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:22,560 Speaker 1: respectable job at such a critical position of shortstop and 282 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:25,320 Speaker 1: doing well on both sides of the ball. But this year, 283 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:29,000 Speaker 1: you know, it's been a different story. He had. I 284 00:16:29,040 --> 00:16:30,960 Speaker 1: think after the second game of the season he got 285 00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:34,200 Speaker 1: his ops up to six twenty five, which is bad 286 00:16:34,280 --> 00:16:37,080 Speaker 1: even by his standards, and yet it has not come 287 00:16:37,160 --> 00:16:40,040 Speaker 1: close to that mark since then. He's been in five 288 00:16:40,120 --> 00:16:42,160 Speaker 1: hundreds for a lot of this season, and as of 289 00:16:42,160 --> 00:16:46,520 Speaker 1: this recording, I think he's dipped below five hundred ops 290 00:16:46,520 --> 00:16:49,400 Speaker 1: on the season, hitting below the Mendoza line. In terms 291 00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:54,480 Speaker 1: of batting average, he's been he's been really disappointing. I'm 292 00:16:54,840 --> 00:16:58,840 Speaker 1: surprised and disappointed. He has not lived up to his 293 00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:01,120 Speaker 1: end of the deal. Has made a difference in all 294 00:17:01,160 --> 00:17:03,520 Speaker 1: these close games that they are playing, the fact that 295 00:17:03,560 --> 00:17:06,680 Speaker 1: they've lost more one run games than any other team. 296 00:17:07,240 --> 00:17:10,600 Speaker 1: He is has been holding them back. I think if 297 00:17:10,600 --> 00:17:15,760 Speaker 1: you put in a standard twenty nineteen to twenty twenty 298 00:17:15,760 --> 00:17:19,560 Speaker 1: one Migy Row into this team that he have at 299 00:17:19,640 --> 00:17:21,679 Speaker 1: least one more win, if not a couple more. To 300 00:17:21,720 --> 00:17:25,400 Speaker 1: this point in the season. What's gone wrong, Well, he's 301 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:28,000 Speaker 1: still hitting the ball in the air about the same 302 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:30,280 Speaker 1: as he has. He doesn't have a ground ball issue, 303 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:33,159 Speaker 1: and he doesn't really have an athleticism issue either. In 304 00:17:33,280 --> 00:17:36,359 Speaker 1: terms of how hard he's hitting the ball, how he's running. 305 00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:39,880 Speaker 1: You know, he's never been a standout tools guy at 306 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:42,280 Speaker 1: any point in his career, and the miserables on him 307 00:17:42,320 --> 00:17:45,280 Speaker 1: are all pretty similar across the board. One thing is 308 00:17:45,320 --> 00:17:49,480 Speaker 1: that the trajectory of his fly balls is wonky. His 309 00:17:49,560 --> 00:17:52,239 Speaker 1: line drive rate is the lowest it's ever been in 310 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:55,720 Speaker 1: his career, depending on the way you calculated, Several different 311 00:17:55,800 --> 00:17:58,960 Speaker 1: estimates have it the same way as slightly lower rate 312 00:17:59,040 --> 00:18:02,640 Speaker 1: than ever he's swinging. What I notice is more aggressively 313 00:18:02,720 --> 00:18:05,600 Speaker 1: on the first pitch of his plate appearances and his 314 00:18:05,640 --> 00:18:08,000 Speaker 1: played appearances in general are just a lot shorter than 315 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:10,639 Speaker 1: they have then. So maybe if you're looking at why 316 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:13,480 Speaker 1: he's hitting a lot of lazy fly balls infield pop ups, 317 00:18:13,560 --> 00:18:16,080 Speaker 1: is because he's just swinging at the wrong pitches. He's 318 00:18:16,119 --> 00:18:21,280 Speaker 1: getting over eager. I'm not exactly sure why that would be. 319 00:18:21,560 --> 00:18:24,159 Speaker 1: You know, he's hitting, he's playing in a lot of 320 00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:29,200 Speaker 1: his typical matchups against lefties. He's sitting at the top 321 00:18:29,240 --> 00:18:31,040 Speaker 1: of the order sometimes at this point in the season. 322 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:33,040 Speaker 1: Now he's kind of buried in the bottom half of 323 00:18:33,080 --> 00:18:36,280 Speaker 1: the order. That's not really foreign to him. So these 324 00:18:36,280 --> 00:18:39,280 Speaker 1: situations aren't that different. You know, conventional wisdom says, when 325 00:18:39,280 --> 00:18:42,760 Speaker 1: you're surrounded by more accomplished hitters, as he is in 326 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:45,720 Speaker 1: this lineup, even at the very bottom, is surrounded by guys, 327 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:49,879 Speaker 1: all the newcomers. Even with Wendel out, you have so 328 00:18:50,040 --> 00:18:53,720 Speaker 1: Laer and Avis al Garcia and Jacob Stallings, guys that 329 00:18:54,040 --> 00:18:57,399 Speaker 1: have history of getting on base consistently and being real 330 00:18:58,040 --> 00:19:00,639 Speaker 1: guys that opposing pitchers have to think about. You know, 331 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:04,639 Speaker 1: despite that quote protection in the lineup, it's not helping 332 00:19:04,720 --> 00:19:10,280 Speaker 1: him whatsoever. What I noticedtic statistically is the lack of 333 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:13,240 Speaker 1: one area where you expect him to thrive is against 334 00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:16,560 Speaker 1: left handed pitchers. That has been propping up his stat 335 00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:18,840 Speaker 1: line over this past three year stretch. He's been on 336 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:23,280 Speaker 1: the short list of most productive hitters against lefties. That's 337 00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:25,879 Speaker 1: where a lot of his extra base hits come from. 338 00:19:26,160 --> 00:19:29,000 Speaker 1: That's where he puts the ball in play, typically more 339 00:19:29,040 --> 00:19:31,640 Speaker 1: than ever, and that has been a different story this year. 340 00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:35,840 Speaker 1: Against lefties. He is slashing one seventy nine, two thirty three, 341 00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:39,280 Speaker 1: two point fifty, pretty much what he's doing against right 342 00:19:39,320 --> 00:19:42,080 Speaker 1: he's against lefties, in fact, a little bit worse. Even 343 00:19:42,160 --> 00:19:46,000 Speaker 1: when he has the platoon advantage. So that's a head scratcher, 344 00:19:46,400 --> 00:19:49,280 Speaker 1: and that's something that I think you have to assume 345 00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:52,119 Speaker 1: that over a larger sample size, is going to correct itself, 346 00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:57,560 Speaker 1: even without him doing anything necessarily different. I mean, the 347 00:19:57,600 --> 00:20:00,480 Speaker 1: bottom line is they just need him to be better, 348 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:03,480 Speaker 1: because outside of just having Wendell hurt, John Birdie is 349 00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:07,080 Speaker 1: still several days away. He is almost certainly going to 350 00:20:07,160 --> 00:20:10,119 Speaker 1: have to go through some type of rehab assignment after 351 00:20:10,720 --> 00:20:14,040 Speaker 1: not really doing game activities for the past week in 352 00:20:14,080 --> 00:20:17,960 Speaker 1: the aftermath of what we assume is a positive COVID test. 353 00:20:18,760 --> 00:20:21,520 Speaker 1: You're looking at this upcoming series against the Nationals. We 354 00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:24,000 Speaker 1: could talk about that a little bit in a few minutes. 355 00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:27,280 Speaker 1: It's the softest spot on their schedule for a long time, 356 00:20:27,760 --> 00:20:31,520 Speaker 1: and during that time it looks like miggey Roe is 357 00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:33,880 Speaker 1: going to need to start all of those games. He's 358 00:20:33,880 --> 00:20:38,240 Speaker 1: gonna be in the lineup, and they absolutely need him 359 00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:41,720 Speaker 1: to be part of the solution because their infield depth 360 00:20:41,760 --> 00:20:45,880 Speaker 1: at the moment is very thin and even when Birdie 361 00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:49,679 Speaker 1: gets back, they don't love Birdie defensively at shortstop. And 362 00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:52,080 Speaker 1: in a small sample this year, miggi Roe is pretty 363 00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:54,320 Speaker 1: close to the peak version of himself. I'd say not 364 00:20:54,400 --> 00:20:57,840 Speaker 1: quite at the peak level in terms of the range 365 00:20:57,920 --> 00:21:01,080 Speaker 1: that he has, but he is making a lot of 366 00:21:01,080 --> 00:21:04,000 Speaker 1: the necessary plays that you need in order to control 367 00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:08,320 Speaker 1: the damage. And by all measures, especially outs above average, 368 00:21:08,880 --> 00:21:11,760 Speaker 1: he still rates as an above average defensive shortstop. That's 369 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:15,440 Speaker 1: no small thing. They just need his bat to get 370 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:18,760 Speaker 1: figured out. This is this is a guy pet. They 371 00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:22,639 Speaker 1: paid that money for a reason. He reached this level 372 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:25,280 Speaker 1: of respect among his teammates and among fans for a reason, 373 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:29,480 Speaker 1: because he has been a very solid player for a 374 00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:32,160 Speaker 1: number of years. The Marlins were counting on him continuing 375 00:21:32,200 --> 00:21:35,080 Speaker 1: to be that solid player, even not as a true 376 00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:37,960 Speaker 1: everyday starter. Until Wendell gets back, he is going to 377 00:21:37,960 --> 00:21:39,879 Speaker 1: be starting a lot. He's going to be starting the 378 00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:42,840 Speaker 1: vast majority of their games. They just don't have a 379 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:46,720 Speaker 1: whole lot of great shortstop depth at the moment with 380 00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:50,640 Speaker 1: Wendell out with even Jose Devers, if you really want 381 00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:52,840 Speaker 1: to throw a wild card in there, he's still working 382 00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:56,640 Speaker 1: his way back from shoulder surgery last year. In the meantime, 383 00:21:56,680 --> 00:22:00,719 Speaker 1: they just need Miggy ro not to do anything, just 384 00:22:00,760 --> 00:22:04,640 Speaker 1: to be close to the guy that he's been over 385 00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:07,680 Speaker 1: the previous three years. And I don't think that's too 386 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:10,280 Speaker 1: much to ask. On the pitching side, got to go 387 00:22:10,320 --> 00:22:14,320 Speaker 1: to Lizardo, as I said, this injury kind of came 388 00:22:14,359 --> 00:22:16,600 Speaker 1: out of nowhere. He was pitching through it, as he 389 00:22:16,680 --> 00:22:21,760 Speaker 1: explained to reporters on Sunday, like he felt that when 390 00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:24,120 Speaker 1: he was on the mounds it was not impacting him. 391 00:22:24,320 --> 00:22:27,480 Speaker 1: The problem was the recovery in between starts. That's what 392 00:22:27,680 --> 00:22:31,359 Speaker 1: told him that something was not right physically and that 393 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:34,840 Speaker 1: they needed to calm it down and give it time 394 00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:39,240 Speaker 1: to settle itself, because you wouldn't want that to eventually 395 00:22:39,359 --> 00:22:43,160 Speaker 1: lead to a more significant injury. Fingers crossed, This does 396 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:47,000 Speaker 1: not appear to be anything elbow related for someone that 397 00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:50,400 Speaker 1: it's already undergone. Tell me John surgery and who does 398 00:22:50,520 --> 00:22:54,240 Speaker 1: have a history of durability issues. I don't think anybody 399 00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:58,080 Speaker 1: expected Lizardo to make thirty two starts since to stick 400 00:22:58,080 --> 00:23:00,840 Speaker 1: in this rotation all year long, because that'd be a 401 00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:03,320 Speaker 1: big leap up in workload from anything he's ever done before. 402 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:06,520 Speaker 1: What do you hope is that it would be some 403 00:23:06,560 --> 00:23:10,760 Speaker 1: sort of non arm related injury or time out that 404 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:15,720 Speaker 1: he gets this particular diagnosis. He gives you chills down 405 00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:19,800 Speaker 1: the spine fingers crossed. He's only out for about two 406 00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:23,879 Speaker 1: weeks and then steps back in and is able to 407 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:27,560 Speaker 1: go the rest of the season. That's it, just he 408 00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:30,399 Speaker 1: cannot be lost. How exciting the start of the season 409 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:33,240 Speaker 1: has been for Luzardo. He's not going deep into games, 410 00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:35,280 Speaker 1: but when he is on the mound, he's been an 411 00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:38,120 Speaker 1: above average starting pitcher. That's a huge step forward from 412 00:23:38,119 --> 00:23:40,000 Speaker 1: where he was last year, where, of course says, you know, 413 00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:43,120 Speaker 1: his era was in the sixes. Both before and after 414 00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:46,119 Speaker 1: the trade, he was extremely hit able. And the difference 415 00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:50,320 Speaker 1: this year is he is using that special slurve of 416 00:23:50,359 --> 00:23:52,919 Speaker 1: his more than ever and missing a ton of bats. 417 00:23:53,359 --> 00:23:56,320 Speaker 1: So the command still comes and goes as long as 418 00:23:56,320 --> 00:23:59,760 Speaker 1: she's throwing the right pitches and he's in the right 419 00:23:59,760 --> 00:24:03,639 Speaker 1: sitsy situations. Is fastball velocity ticking up even more so 420 00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:06,360 Speaker 1: to make his change up a more viable third pitch 421 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:08,960 Speaker 1: than it used to be. He's going to be a 422 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:12,080 Speaker 1: valuable piece of this team. He is somebody that to 423 00:24:12,119 --> 00:24:14,119 Speaker 1: this point in the season you can make the gas 424 00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:18,840 Speaker 1: has been slightly better than Trevor Rodgers, and I think 425 00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:21,040 Speaker 1: on the other side of this century, there's still a 426 00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:23,919 Speaker 1: lot of optimism that from all the measurables that were 427 00:24:23,960 --> 00:24:26,840 Speaker 1: seeing of him, he could continue to be that four 428 00:24:27,359 --> 00:24:31,240 Speaker 1: er pitcher at least, you know, that gets you through 429 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:35,000 Speaker 1: the fourth and usually through the fifth ending every time out. 430 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:38,040 Speaker 1: That is an important piece, and that certainly makes that 431 00:24:38,119 --> 00:24:40,720 Speaker 1: trade very unpopular trade initially. It makes it look a 432 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:43,000 Speaker 1: lot better in hindsight if he does keep that up. 433 00:24:43,840 --> 00:24:45,760 Speaker 1: You guys, of course, want to talk about Max Meyer. 434 00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:48,560 Speaker 1: Twenty five minutes into the pot it bring up his name. 435 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:50,719 Speaker 1: I'm not going to talk about Max Meyer on this one. 436 00:24:50,960 --> 00:24:52,920 Speaker 1: We still don't have a very clear idea of when 437 00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:54,520 Speaker 1: he's going to come up or why he has not 438 00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:57,040 Speaker 1: come up already. What we do know in the meantime 439 00:24:58,040 --> 00:25:01,840 Speaker 1: is that the role of somebody like Hody Pote expands 440 00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:07,080 Speaker 1: quite a bit. Pot is let's rewind to twenty twenty one, 441 00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:10,840 Speaker 1: where his stuff had ticked up from where we had 442 00:25:10,840 --> 00:25:13,880 Speaker 1: previously seen it in the minor leagues and he emerged 443 00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:16,440 Speaker 1: in the early part of the season as a back 444 00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:21,159 Speaker 1: end starting pitcher for them. Then what happened The sticky 445 00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:25,720 Speaker 1: stuff enforcement began towards the end of June. He made 446 00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:30,600 Speaker 1: one start after that, and maybe coincidence, maybe not, he 447 00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:34,159 Speaker 1: got blown up for somebody that had shown really stand 448 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:37,960 Speaker 1: out breaking balls during his first handful of major league starts. 449 00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:40,960 Speaker 1: All of a sudden, those balls weren't breaking quite the 450 00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:44,760 Speaker 1: same way. He hurt his knee. He actually aggravated a 451 00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:47,719 Speaker 1: knee injury that he'd heard originally early in the season, 452 00:25:48,320 --> 00:25:50,480 Speaker 1: and he had more setbacks when he was trying to 453 00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:52,560 Speaker 1: recover from that. We didn't see him in the majors 454 00:25:52,600 --> 00:25:55,520 Speaker 1: the entire second half of last season, and it was 455 00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:58,680 Speaker 1: easy to kind of forget about him and put him 456 00:25:58,720 --> 00:26:01,480 Speaker 1: to the back of your minds. Then in spring training 457 00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:04,320 Speaker 1: he came back. He was throwing even harder, he was 458 00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:07,639 Speaker 1: looking even better. One thing I had noticed in spring 459 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:10,440 Speaker 1: is the extra use of his changeup. The one type 460 00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:14,560 Speaker 1: of pitch that really is not impacted whatsoever by spin rate, 461 00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:18,159 Speaker 1: et cetera. It's the kind of pitch that you want 462 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:21,720 Speaker 1: to throw with as little a spin as possible, so 463 00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:25,879 Speaker 1: that its trajectory to the plate is a lot different 464 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:28,720 Speaker 1: from your fastball. So he's been throwing it a lot more. 465 00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:32,120 Speaker 1: The usage has, in fact, it doubled from last year. 466 00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:34,720 Speaker 1: It was about eighteen percent in the regular season in 467 00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:37,639 Speaker 1: twenty twenty one, up to thirty six percent, so all 468 00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:40,160 Speaker 1: of a sudden, it is his primary off speed pitch 469 00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:43,399 Speaker 1: to go along with an improved fastball. How improved is 470 00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:47,200 Speaker 1: that fastball. Well, the top six velocities of his major 471 00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:51,679 Speaker 1: league career and fourteen of the top sixteen velocities have 472 00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:57,160 Speaker 1: been tracked this year, so he is consistently throwing harder 473 00:26:58,080 --> 00:27:00,960 Speaker 1: in the mid nineties up to ninety seven with the 474 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:04,399 Speaker 1: fastball in his relief role. To this point in the season, 475 00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:08,000 Speaker 1: he's been used exclusively in relief. He's pitched sixteen in 476 00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:11,720 Speaker 1: a third endings. He's allowed one earned run, an ERA 477 00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:15,000 Speaker 1: of zero point five to five fielder independent pitching of 478 00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:19,000 Speaker 1: two six nine, which is awesome. It's not of the 479 00:27:19,040 --> 00:27:23,639 Speaker 1: worldly because he's not really striking out a whole lot 480 00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:25,240 Speaker 1: of guys. His track out rate is a tiny bit 481 00:27:25,320 --> 00:27:28,720 Speaker 1: below league average, But what he is doing is he's 482 00:27:28,760 --> 00:27:33,359 Speaker 1: just inducing a lot of off balanced swings and keeping 483 00:27:33,359 --> 00:27:35,240 Speaker 1: the ball in the ballpark. Obviously, he is not allowed 484 00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:37,800 Speaker 1: a home run. He has not allowed a single barreled 485 00:27:37,840 --> 00:27:42,080 Speaker 1: ball to this point, so even some wallbangers, some line 486 00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:45,159 Speaker 1: drives deep into the gap, those are not happening against 487 00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:50,080 Speaker 1: Cody Pote. Initially this was weird on Sunday they announced 488 00:27:50,119 --> 00:27:53,240 Speaker 1: him as the fill in for Luzardo in the rotation. 489 00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:55,920 Speaker 1: He was supposed to be starting on Monday. As you're 490 00:27:55,920 --> 00:27:58,439 Speaker 1: listening to this, he is not going to be starting 491 00:27:58,480 --> 00:28:00,119 Speaker 1: on Monday. Let's see if I can get you the 492 00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:03,760 Speaker 1: most up to date info on whether they how they're 493 00:28:03,800 --> 00:28:06,520 Speaker 1: handling this. What they did is they most Sandy up 494 00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:09,320 Speaker 1: a day to Monday, and I love this. I don't 495 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:12,240 Speaker 1: think this guy enough love. Is this showing a sense 496 00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:14,919 Speaker 1: of urgency or because of the off day Sandy is 497 00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:18,280 Speaker 1: on regular rest, but instead of winning five games in 498 00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:21,240 Speaker 1: between his outing, they just make it four games. They 499 00:28:21,359 --> 00:28:23,040 Speaker 1: use him as much as possible, put him in a 500 00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:27,480 Speaker 1: position to start as many games as possible on regular rest, 501 00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:30,520 Speaker 1: and that should be commended. That is a little thing 502 00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:32,920 Speaker 1: that is kind of a no brainer, because no matter 503 00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:36,119 Speaker 1: how excited you are about Max Meyer or for whatever reason, 504 00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:39,640 Speaker 1: if you're super confident in Cody Poteit, I don't think 505 00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:42,240 Speaker 1: you'd want either of them on the Mounds over Sandy. 506 00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:46,000 Speaker 1: That's nice. We'll see Sandy on Monday night, coming off 507 00:28:46,040 --> 00:28:48,120 Speaker 1: of what was a great outing from him previously, and 508 00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:51,400 Speaker 1: so officially on Tuesday, the Marlins have a to be 509 00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:56,240 Speaker 1: announced starter against the National State not decided they could have. 510 00:28:56,480 --> 00:29:00,480 Speaker 1: If they were simply flip flopping Sandy and pote then 511 00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:04,320 Speaker 1: they could have simply done that instead, maddingly with very 512 00:29:04,360 --> 00:29:07,960 Speaker 1: strange comments about that being noncommittal about who that starter 513 00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:11,200 Speaker 1: is going to be, insinuating that it was actually somebody 514 00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:13,840 Speaker 1: not on the active roster. While there's a little shread 515 00:29:13,880 --> 00:29:16,120 Speaker 1: of hope that it's Max Meyer who would be pitching 516 00:29:16,120 --> 00:29:20,920 Speaker 1: on regular rest, I think the most likely candidate would 517 00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:24,280 Speaker 1: actually be, believe it or not, Daniel Costano, one of 518 00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:28,000 Speaker 1: the few other healthy reinforcements, was actually on the forty 519 00:29:28,040 --> 00:29:30,960 Speaker 1: man roster, and he was already lined up to pitch 520 00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:33,400 Speaker 1: that day for Triple A Jacksonville. So that is gonna 521 00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:36,880 Speaker 1: be my educated guest as to who we see on Tuesday, 522 00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:40,880 Speaker 1: a combination of both Castano and Potit, regardless of whether 523 00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:43,600 Speaker 1: it's as a starter or exactly where he fits in 524 00:29:43,640 --> 00:29:45,320 Speaker 1: the rotation, We're going to be seeing a lot more 525 00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:48,720 Speaker 1: of Poteit. Another sneaky thing the Marlins did. They knew 526 00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:52,120 Speaker 1: about this Lizardo injury concern over the road trip, and 527 00:29:52,160 --> 00:29:55,360 Speaker 1: they got Poteit stretched out to go fifty one pitches 528 00:29:55,840 --> 00:29:59,760 Speaker 1: last week in his relief outing, his mop up duty 529 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:03,000 Speaker 1: against Arizona. I think that was intentional, and I think 530 00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:05,520 Speaker 1: that was a good move, and that it's going to 531 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:08,680 Speaker 1: allow Potit to stretch out even more to what sixty 532 00:30:08,760 --> 00:30:13,080 Speaker 1: five pitches maybe seventy in his next outing, and that 533 00:30:13,120 --> 00:30:15,479 Speaker 1: can get you, That could give you at least what 534 00:30:15,560 --> 00:30:18,160 Speaker 1: eliez Er hern Endez has given you and get you 535 00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:20,880 Speaker 1: relatively deep into the game, either as a starter or 536 00:30:20,920 --> 00:30:25,200 Speaker 1: as like piggybacking Castano one way or the other. But 537 00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:28,400 Speaker 1: Potit's going to be very important for the foreseeable future. 538 00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:31,360 Speaker 1: He's an older guy. He's older than Lozardo, he's older 539 00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:35,120 Speaker 1: than Sandy. They are not he was acquired under the 540 00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:38,480 Speaker 1: Lria era. They are not going to put any sort 541 00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:40,480 Speaker 1: of training wheels on him. They're going to get whatever 542 00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:44,080 Speaker 1: they can out of him. They want him to. They 543 00:30:44,080 --> 00:30:47,640 Speaker 1: want to see whether these fascinating adjustments he's made as 544 00:30:47,680 --> 00:30:51,280 Speaker 1: a reliever stick in a larger role. And then they 545 00:30:51,320 --> 00:30:53,400 Speaker 1: want it to be a tough decision a few weeks 546 00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:56,920 Speaker 1: from now, if Lozardo is back and Potit is still pitching, well, 547 00:30:57,200 --> 00:30:59,440 Speaker 1: exactly what to do with him, what they can actually 548 00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:01,240 Speaker 1: kick him out of the rotation in backs to the 549 00:31:01,280 --> 00:31:06,160 Speaker 1: bullpen or what. Because this is a really interesting story 550 00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:09,480 Speaker 1: for a guy that was I think a lot of 551 00:31:09,520 --> 00:31:14,040 Speaker 1: people were down on after his injury last year, and 552 00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:18,400 Speaker 1: I like what I see. I really do. He's going. 553 00:31:18,560 --> 00:31:24,640 Speaker 1: He is quietly going to The expectations for him moving 554 00:31:24,640 --> 00:31:29,240 Speaker 1: forward should be adjusted accordingly. I think we can based 555 00:31:29,240 --> 00:31:32,640 Speaker 1: on what we've seen so far this season, it's reasonable 556 00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:37,400 Speaker 1: to think that he's supposed to be a key contributor 557 00:31:37,600 --> 00:31:40,720 Speaker 1: for them for the near term future during this important stretch. 558 00:31:41,080 --> 00:31:43,360 Speaker 1: So that important stretch, it begins with three more home 559 00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:47,760 Speaker 1: games against the Washington Nationals. Nationals are terrible. If you 560 00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:50,360 Speaker 1: go through in your mind all the teams in the 561 00:31:50,440 --> 00:31:54,400 Speaker 1: National League that are inferior to the Marlins, you know, 562 00:31:54,440 --> 00:31:58,360 Speaker 1: there's two that you can say unequivocally are behind the 563 00:31:58,400 --> 00:32:03,120 Speaker 1: Marlins on that power range. It's the Cincinnati Reds and 564 00:32:03,160 --> 00:32:06,520 Speaker 1: it's the Washington Nationals. Those are the two weakest links 565 00:32:06,560 --> 00:32:09,480 Speaker 1: in the National League the entire league for Marlins team 566 00:32:09,520 --> 00:32:11,760 Speaker 1: that to make the postseason, even in this expanded format, 567 00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:14,280 Speaker 1: you need to finish top six out of fifteen teams, 568 00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:16,760 Speaker 1: and I think you can lock it in that they're 569 00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:19,760 Speaker 1: going to finish in the top thirteen, ahead of both 570 00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:23,040 Speaker 1: the Reds and the Nationals. The Nationals have lost two 571 00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:24,960 Speaker 1: thirds of their games, are on pace for one hundred 572 00:32:24,960 --> 00:32:29,920 Speaker 1: and eight losses with issues in every single aspect of 573 00:32:29,960 --> 00:32:32,320 Speaker 1: their game in a year where they didn't have high 574 00:32:32,320 --> 00:32:35,239 Speaker 1: expectations in the first place. But it just shows that 575 00:32:35,920 --> 00:32:41,960 Speaker 1: unless Wan Soto is at his otherworldly best, they don't 576 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:44,360 Speaker 1: really have a chance. Most nights they are in a 577 00:32:44,440 --> 00:32:48,080 Speaker 1: rough spot. They are vulnerable. I'm not somebody that to 578 00:32:48,120 --> 00:32:51,320 Speaker 1: this point of the season has swerved into hyperbole about 579 00:32:51,320 --> 00:32:56,200 Speaker 1: this team, and I've not really demanded I've not really 580 00:32:56,320 --> 00:32:59,280 Speaker 1: raised the alarm bells about many things. I can say 581 00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:02,080 Speaker 1: that this upcoming series against the Nats is a must 582 00:33:02,560 --> 00:33:06,680 Speaker 1: win series. They need to win the majority of these 583 00:33:06,720 --> 00:33:11,160 Speaker 1: next three games against the Nats. There's really no other 584 00:33:11,200 --> 00:33:15,680 Speaker 1: way around it. So that series starts off on Monday night. 585 00:33:16,080 --> 00:33:18,840 Speaker 1: We're gonna have our full coverage as usual, our live 586 00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:21,600 Speaker 1: stream Fish Stripes Live with a couple of special guests 587 00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:25,800 Speaker 1: on YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook there getting at five thirty 588 00:33:26,240 --> 00:33:29,880 Speaker 1: Eastern time. Our podcast coverage will be normal throughout the 589 00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:33,360 Speaker 1: week with small pods every morning. Another official show for 590 00:33:33,520 --> 00:33:39,000 Speaker 1: me on Thursday are full coverage on fish stripes dot com, 591 00:33:39,320 --> 00:33:41,600 Speaker 1: so check out fish Stripes some really fun stuff on there. 592 00:33:42,240 --> 00:33:44,560 Speaker 1: From watching them day in day out that this is 593 00:33:45,120 --> 00:33:48,560 Speaker 1: a really competent team talent wise, This team does have 594 00:33:48,600 --> 00:33:51,160 Speaker 1: the talents to hang around all the way into the 595 00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:54,280 Speaker 1: end of the season. The problem is like this stuff 596 00:33:54,320 --> 00:33:57,240 Speaker 1: does not always even out every single year, and when 597 00:33:57,280 --> 00:34:00,760 Speaker 1: you dig yourself a deep enough hole then and you 598 00:34:00,800 --> 00:34:04,239 Speaker 1: don't have enough other things going your way on the 599 00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:10,200 Speaker 1: health side and in the clutch situation side, sometimes it's 600 00:34:10,280 --> 00:34:14,040 Speaker 1: just too late to turn things around. And the Marlins 601 00:34:14,040 --> 00:34:18,800 Speaker 1: that turnarounds absolutely needs to start with this upcoming series 602 00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:21,440 Speaker 1: against the Nats. I'll be on the other side of 603 00:34:21,440 --> 00:34:25,800 Speaker 1: that series. You have another podcast episode from me right here. 604 00:34:25,880 --> 00:34:29,840 Speaker 1: As always, Eli Susman of the official show on the 605 00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:34,319 Speaker 1: Fish Strips podcast. Thanks for listening, share the word about 606 00:34:34,320 --> 00:34:37,759 Speaker 1: what we're doing here on the pod. As always, go 607 00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:47,240 Speaker 1: fish