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Speaker 1: Welcome into a new episode of Fish Bites. My name

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Speaker 1: is Danny Martinez, and yes I am back, even if

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Speaker 1: only temporarily. Thank you to Eli for filling in. Man,

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Speaker 1: I really enjoyed listening to the podcast, even if my

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Speaker 1: wife got a little upset that I was listening to

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Speaker 1: it on vacation. For those of you that know me

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Speaker 1: and you know follow me on Twitter, you know that

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Speaker 1: I've been married to my wife now since December of

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Speaker 1: last year, but her family's in Trinidad. My family's here

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Speaker 1: and we decided to not have our wedding until this July,

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Speaker 1: and that is why I was away last week. It

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Speaker 1: was a great time. Her family came in. It was

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Speaker 1: a big, trainy wedding. But again, sincere thank you to

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Speaker 1: Eli for filling in, as well as all the individuals

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Speaker 1: that send in their kind words and the celebrations and

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Speaker 1: the well wishes. I really do appreciate you guys, and

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Speaker 1: my wife and I are both grateful for that. Now,

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Speaker 1: I said that it is temporary because I'm here for today,

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Speaker 1: but I will not be back on Fish Bites next week.

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Speaker 1: ELI will also be filling in that week and he

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Speaker 1: has a special guest that I'm excited to listen to

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Speaker 1: I will be on my honeymoon, so I guess I'll

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Speaker 1: be getting in trouble again for listening to it on

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Speaker 1: my honeymoon, but I know Emily is a good sport

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Speaker 1: about it, So I'm going to be looking forward to

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Speaker 1: listening to ELI and that guest. I won't spoil it

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Speaker 1: quite yet, but I promise you you're gonna want to

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Speaker 1: listen in for the earning the Stripes Crew. Ian and

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Speaker 1: Ethan will be taking over that until August as well.

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Speaker 1: Like I said, I'll be away. They're gonna do a

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Speaker 1: phenomenal job. So I'm excited for that, but quite frankly,

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Speaker 1: I'm just excited for today. I kind of miss being

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Speaker 1: with you all. And I had this build up of

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Speaker 1: conversation and dialogue pieces that individuals had sent in that

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Speaker 1: and that I don't want to put off until after

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Speaker 1: the trade deadline. So we're going to get to it

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Speaker 1: because quite frankly, it is perfect timing. I kept having

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Speaker 1: individuals say, Hey, Danny, how about you give us this

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Speaker 1: but what about just the big organizational plan. Sometimes I

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Speaker 1: organizational plan is moving along with little tidbits. But I

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Speaker 1: those for fish bites versus earning their stripes. So we're

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Speaker 1: going to do that today. We're going to give a

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Speaker 1: very quick, you know, state of the rebuild. And it

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Speaker 1: works well because the gold standard of scouting sites and

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Speaker 1: updated their rankings, Baseball America updated their rankings. So it

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Speaker 1: trade deadline. Now. Eli did an amazing job of discussing

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Speaker 1: this last week. A lot of really good feedback from

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Speaker 1: that as well. He's coming from my podcast, Ladies and gentlemen,

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Speaker 1: but individuals did want to know what my opinion is

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Speaker 1: I'll give you estimates of who I think is on

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Speaker 1: third and final chapter of the conversation We've had over

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Speaker 1: you know, the rebuilds on pace or even a little

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Speaker 1: of the weekend hitters of the week. If you've been following,

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Speaker 1: going to start off with the good and juicy stuff.

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Speaker 1: Talk about that dialogue piece. Let's talk about the state

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Speaker 1: of the rebuild. No one is going to be surprised

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Speaker 1: to know that, hey, the Marlins are in a rebuild.

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Speaker 1: It is year two of that rebuild. Brew Sherman came in,

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Speaker 1: baseball operations individual. That's who we talk about. That's why

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Speaker 1: Derek Jeter is the trigger where it is the lightning

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Speaker 1: agree they disagree. Now whether you agree you disagree. The

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Speaker 1: Marlins made the tough decision, the unpopular decisions, and they

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Speaker 1: made a rebuild in twenty seventeen. They got a lot

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Speaker 1: of initial reaction to the rebuild. Some of those trades

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Speaker 1: At the end of the day, he still became the MVP.

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Speaker 1: And the first tangible prospect that the Marlins could present

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Speaker 1: So most individuals only remember Lewis Brinson being demoted or

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Speaker 1: I can't blame a casual fan or even a fan

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Speaker 1: care that he'san Diaz is a futures Game representative, a

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Speaker 1: you got one piece out of that. That trade is

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Speaker 1: We cannot give an analysis on that trade, until all

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Speaker 1: how they have done. So I'm not here to say that,

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Speaker 1: Those things are weight and see. So I'm going to

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Speaker 1: to pick up on that the Marlins have good pitching.

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Speaker 1: The Marlins have very good pitching, and the Marlins have

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Speaker 1: very good young pitching at the major league level. Nothing

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Speaker 2: Troubled last time out, good shoaing down the line, yachtie

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Speaker 1: And you know what, this is a rewarding day for

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Speaker 2: He started the way and ended last night with some

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Speaker 1: you should extend Derek Jeter, Oh, I know you listen

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Speaker 1: That means without JJ Blede, who is a top one

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Speaker 1: the finances in place. But when you're talking about that

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Speaker 1: added to the great farm system with only one rebuilding draft,

431
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Speaker 1: by the way, because this is the only year thus

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Speaker 1: far that they've had a draft off of a rebuilding year.

433
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Speaker 1: The previous draft, last year's draft came off of a

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Speaker 1: competitive quote unquote year of the twenty seventeen when the

435
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Speaker 1: Marlins won seventy something games. The state is good. The

436
00:22:41,320 --> 00:22:44,600
Speaker 1: state is good, and it's only going to get better.

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Speaker 1: Now for the second dialogue piece, one of the places

438
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Speaker 1: where it can get better is with the trade deadline.

439
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Speaker 1: Like I mentioned, I'm not gonna go too much into this, okay.

440
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Speaker 1: Eli did a fantastic job of covering almost all of

441
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Speaker 1: the players that I would have discussed anyway, if not more.

442
00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:01,680
Speaker 1: He discussed it's the value. He discussed why it might work,

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Speaker 1: why it might not work. So I'm just gonna give

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Speaker 1: you my quick rundown of what I think coming into

445
00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:12,080
Speaker 1: this trade deadline number one, there's no objective sources here

446
00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:14,280
Speaker 1: or anything I could point to for why I feel

447
00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:16,600
Speaker 1: like this, But I almost feel like it's an all

448
00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:20,000
Speaker 1: or nothing kind of year. You know, that makes very

449
00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:22,000
Speaker 1: little sense. The Marlins don't have to trade all of

450
00:23:22,040 --> 00:23:25,080
Speaker 1: their assets right now, and if they don't, they could

451
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Speaker 1: trade one or two, which means that it's not nothing

452
00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:29,200
Speaker 1: type of a year. But for whatever reason, my gut

453
00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:31,640
Speaker 1: just tells me that it's all or nothing, that we're

454
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Speaker 1: going to go into this deadline thinking that we're going

455
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Speaker 1: to get everyone gone and then nothing will happen. But

456
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Speaker 1: what would I do if I was there, if I

457
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Speaker 1: was GM Danny, what would I do? Well? For me,

458
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Speaker 1: it's very simple. I have three players that are gone.

459
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Speaker 1: They're just gone. I try to maximize their value, but

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Speaker 1: I will take anything that I can, even if it's

461
00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:52,359
Speaker 1: just IFA pool money. Number one is Starlin Castro. Silence,

462
00:23:52,359 --> 00:23:54,760
Speaker 1: Castro's not going to be here next year. Sarlen Castro

463
00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:57,040
Speaker 1: has had a very good last month, which is good

464
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Speaker 1: for his trade value. I don't think that there is

465
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Speaker 1: any team that's gonna go crazy. Scouts do not get

466
00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:05,960
Speaker 1: fooled by two weeks of excellent play. But it's nice

467
00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:09,400
Speaker 1: that he's been playing better. If there's anything for him,

468
00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:12,800
Speaker 1: I take the deal. July thirty first comes. Remember this

469
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Speaker 1: is the first year that there is a hard deadline.

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Speaker 1: July thirty first, no deals made after that. I take

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Speaker 1: anything for Starland Castro. It opens up second base. You

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Speaker 1: bring Isasandia's up. I vented a lot on the Isandia

473
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Speaker 1: situation in the last time that I recorded ets, so

474
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Speaker 1: you could go listen to that. But Isaandia's needs to

475
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Speaker 1: be up here by August first or August third when

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Speaker 1: they start that that series against the race. Donald Castro gone,

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Speaker 1: Neil Walker gone. Neil Walker was one of the most

478
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Speaker 1: valuable players for the Marlins offense prior to his injury.

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00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:47,679
Speaker 1: He's now back okay, He's doing okay, and he adds

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Speaker 1: value because he adds defensive versatility, and he adds a

481
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Speaker 1: good bat. Neil Walker someone who if you get anything

482
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Speaker 1: for low tier prospect, you want bats, of course, just

483
00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:01,119
Speaker 1: like the draft bats bats bats or international free agency

484
00:25:01,119 --> 00:25:04,800
Speaker 1: pool money use except you send it in and you

485
00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:07,240
Speaker 1: let him and you let Castro go and try to

486
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Speaker 1: get a ring for themselves. Let them play playoff baseball.

487
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Speaker 1: Let them enjoy themselves. It's what they deserve. Especially Starling Castro.

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Speaker 1: He seems like he's always in a rebuilding team. Gone

489
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Speaker 1: Sergio Romo. Gone, Sergio Romo has been excellent for the Marlins.

490
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Speaker 1: A leader in the clubhouse and a leader on the field.

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Speaker 1: He's I believe, sixteen for seventeen and save opportunities something

492
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Speaker 1: to that extent. He's going to have value attached to

493
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Speaker 1: his name. He has been in the playoffs before, he

494
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Speaker 1: has closed out World Series games. He is a leader

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Speaker 1: and he's still effective when he's on the mound. Gone

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Speaker 1: players that I would listen to hold on to your

497
00:25:47,119 --> 00:25:49,159
Speaker 1: pants here, because now we're going to start to upset

498
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Speaker 1: some local Miami media. If someone calls you for any

499
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Speaker 1: of the bullpen pieces currently on the Miami Marlins, you

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Speaker 1: pick up the phone and you have the conversation. I

501
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Speaker 1: don't care how young they are. I don't care how

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Speaker 1: old they are. Bullpen pieces are expendable, especially when you

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Speaker 1: have twenty plus arms in the pipeline that you're trying

504
00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:11,200
Speaker 1: to develop as starting pitchers, but you can develop them

505
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Speaker 1: as relief pictures. Good example of that is George Guzman.

506
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Speaker 1: You make the deal. If someone wants a Tyron Guerrero

507
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Speaker 1: if your second writer was healthy, obviously that'd be a

508
00:26:21,840 --> 00:26:26,000
Speaker 1: little different. And Adam Conley, regardless of value, concerns Austin

509
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Speaker 1: Bryce again with the injury. But still you get the

510
00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:31,760
Speaker 1: point they call you pick it up. But here's where

511
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Speaker 1: people really get upset. Caleb Smith and Trevor Richards. Okay,

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Speaker 1: let me just preface this by saying that I will

513
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Speaker 1: not be as upset as some of my peers if

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Speaker 1: they are still here. I won't. I don't believe in

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Speaker 1: the whole concept that they're exactly like an Adam Conley

516
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Speaker 1: or Kyle Barraclock who will regress. Okay, I understand Caleb

517
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Speaker 1: Smith is a little older, but he doesn't depend on

518
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Speaker 1: his fastball velocity, so I'm not worried about his regression

519
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Speaker 1: as much as I would be about a Conley or

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Speaker 1: a Kyle Baraclow from last year. If he is still

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Speaker 1: here August first, I am aokay with that, but I'm

522
00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:08,600
Speaker 1: also not cool with the mentality of, Hey, you don't

523
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Speaker 1: listen at all on Caleb Smith. Because he was brought

524
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Speaker 1: in here as part of the rebuilding, he has to

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Speaker 1: be here forever. In a year. No. I understand the talent,

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Speaker 1: I understand the production thus far, and I understand the

527
00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:22,240
Speaker 1: years of control. But guess who also understands that opposing

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00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:25,240
Speaker 1: gms who are willing to give you bats and bats

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Speaker 1: and bats to get him. If you get a value

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00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:32,920
Speaker 1: trade for either of those two pitchers, you take it.

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Speaker 1: Trevor Richards one of my favorites, but I still envision

532
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Speaker 1: him in the bullpen when this team is competitive, because

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Speaker 1: that change up fastball combo would be deadly coming out

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Speaker 1: of the pen. You're gonna tell me, you're not gonna

535
00:27:46,840 --> 00:27:49,080
Speaker 1: listen on a Trevor Richards who might be kicked out

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00:27:49,080 --> 00:27:54,959
Speaker 1: of his rotation in this time next year. Absolutely, Caleb

537
00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:56,960
Speaker 1: Smith likely has a harder time getting kicked out of

538
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Speaker 1: this rotation. I get it, he's older, I get it,

539
00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:03,600
Speaker 1: he has talent. I get it. I get all of it.

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00:28:03,920 --> 00:28:06,399
Speaker 1: I even get the esthetics and the optics of not

541
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Speaker 1: wanting to trade this young pitching who's doing so well

542
00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:11,920
Speaker 1: now because then the casual fan will think it's just

543
00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:14,040
Speaker 1: the same thing over and over again. Oh, here comes

544
00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:17,359
Speaker 1: another trade from another successful player. I get all of that.

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00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:19,840
Speaker 1: What I don't get are the individuals that say that

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Speaker 1: trading one of these pitchers is all of a sudden

547
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Speaker 1: going to make pitching a weakness for the Marlins organization. Nope,

548
00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:28,360
Speaker 1: because one pitcher is not going to change the fact

549
00:28:28,359 --> 00:28:31,600
Speaker 1: that you still have fifteen plus starting pitching candidates, and

550
00:28:31,640 --> 00:28:34,320
Speaker 1: not all of them will succeed. I understand maybe five

551
00:28:34,359 --> 00:28:37,240
Speaker 1: of them will. But that's still added to Pablo Lopez,

552
00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:39,320
Speaker 1: who's I think personally the best picture at the major

553
00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:41,440
Speaker 1: league levelthough he's hurt right now, and a San Di

554
00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:45,560
Speaker 1: al Contra and a Zach Gallon and a Jordan Gamamoto.

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00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:48,080
Speaker 1: You know you're not going to create a weakness if

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Speaker 1: you trade one of these guys. You have to do

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00:28:50,600 --> 00:28:53,120
Speaker 1: it for the right value. You have to do it

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00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:55,200
Speaker 1: for the right deal. You have to do it for

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00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:58,240
Speaker 1: the position player, unless there's a pitching prospect coming back

560
00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:02,160
Speaker 1: that you value much higher than the But to not

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00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:05,120
Speaker 1: even consider it would be foolish and, in my opinion,

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00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:08,080
Speaker 1: a ludicrous way of running this trade deadline. So it's

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00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:12,560
Speaker 1: something that you consider. Will the Marlins have a big

564
00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:16,520
Speaker 1: splash at this trade deadline? No? Right, well, the Marlins

565
00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:19,480
Speaker 1: overhaul their entire system. No, And they don't have to.

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Speaker 1: They're already top ten in baseball. But if you choose

567
00:29:23,120 --> 00:29:27,280
Speaker 1: to effectively use your assets, you can continue adding to

568
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Speaker 1: the future. You can continue adding to this top ten

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Speaker 1: farm system in baseball, and you will not be creating

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00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:38,960
Speaker 1: a weakness by doing it. Now, something very interesting to

571
00:29:39,040 --> 00:29:42,560
Speaker 1: consider at this deadline is some of the differences from

572
00:29:42,560 --> 00:29:45,480
Speaker 1: previous years. Yes, now they have the hard trade deadline,

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00:29:45,720 --> 00:29:48,800
Speaker 1: so no deals after July thirty first, But also the

574
00:29:48,880 --> 00:29:54,400
Speaker 1: National League is an incredibly interesting situation right now because

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00:29:54,440 --> 00:29:57,200
Speaker 1: everyone not named the Mighty Marlins are in a playoff contention,

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00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:00,760
Speaker 1: which means that the demand it's going to be very

577
00:30:00,880 --> 00:30:04,720
Speaker 1: high for players like pitchers and relief pitchers, but the

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00:30:04,760 --> 00:30:06,680
Speaker 1: supply is going to be very low because everyone's holding

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Speaker 1: on to their assets. The Giants are a very good

580
00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:13,560
Speaker 1: example of that. Regardless of whether I rather have Caleb

581
00:30:13,640 --> 00:30:16,720
Speaker 1: Smith or Madison Bumgardner, there's something to be said about

582
00:30:16,760 --> 00:30:21,680
Speaker 1: Madison Bumgardner. If he is on the market, Caleb smith

583
00:30:21,760 --> 00:30:26,040
Speaker 1: value goes down, the same with Will Smith from the Giants.

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Speaker 1: If he's on the market, Sergia Romo's value goes down.

585
00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:31,760
Speaker 1: But if all of a sudden the Giants say, Nope,

586
00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:33,600
Speaker 1: we're going for it, because you know what we have

587
00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:36,400
Speaker 1: been deadly list last month. We're like two games behind

588
00:30:36,440 --> 00:30:41,840
Speaker 1: the wild card and where the San Francisco Giants and

589
00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:43,600
Speaker 1: they hold on to mad Bum and they hold on

590
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Speaker 1: to Smith. All of a sudden, you could get a

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Speaker 1: little bit for Will Smith rather you get a little

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00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:51,640
Speaker 1: bit more value from a Caleb Smith, or from a

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Speaker 1: Will Smith rather from a Sergia Romo. Trade all of

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Speaker 1: a sudden, that demand, with the Marlins having the supply,

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00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:02,400
Speaker 1: it's going to make that value go up. So that's

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00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:04,480
Speaker 1: another interesting wrinkle to think of. At the end of

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00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:06,760
Speaker 1: the day when it comes to me, I gave you

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Speaker 1: my prediction cashro Walker and Romo gone. I think they

599
00:31:09,320 --> 00:31:11,520
Speaker 1: listen on all the bullpen arms. I think they listen

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Speaker 1: on Smith, and I think they listened on Richard's. I

601
00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:16,120
Speaker 1: would be surprised if either of them are traded. But

602
00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:18,640
Speaker 1: if they are, good news, it's likely for Bats and

603
00:31:18,680 --> 00:31:22,880
Speaker 1: it's likely to continue solidifying your farm system, which is

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Speaker 1: already top ten. Let's get to that third piece that

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00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:30,880
Speaker 1: I wanted to talk about. I told you that this

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00:31:30,920 --> 00:31:34,280
Speaker 1: third piece was somewhat like the final chapter of the

607
00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:37,920
Speaker 1: ongoing conversation we've had of the Marlin system. Being on

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00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:40,240
Speaker 1: you know, the Marlins rebuilt, being on pace or ahead

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00:31:40,280 --> 00:31:43,400
Speaker 1: of pace the Marlins. You know, when do we care

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00:31:43,440 --> 00:31:45,280
Speaker 1: about wins and losses? I told you that I was

611
00:31:45,280 --> 00:31:47,440
Speaker 1: a little bit more impatient than all of you that voted.

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Speaker 1: You guys voted twenty twenty one majority. I care twenty twenty.

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Speaker 1: So this conversation is for those that care about twenty twenty. Now,

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00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:56,840
Speaker 1: if you voted twenty twenty one, don't log off all right,

615
00:31:57,040 --> 00:31:58,800
Speaker 1: you know you still have to live through twenty twenty

616
00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:00,960
Speaker 1: to get to twenty twenty one. But the question is,

617
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Speaker 1: if you care about wins and losses in twenty twenty,

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00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:07,720
Speaker 1: what is the standard? I sent out this conversation piece

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Speaker 1: on Twitter, as I typically do to get feedback before

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00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:12,360
Speaker 1: I do recordings, and a lot of people answered back.

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Speaker 1: What I said was, you know, the Marlins were ten

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Speaker 1: and thirty one, and since ten and thirty one they've

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00:32:18,880 --> 00:32:21,520
Speaker 1: been around a five hundred ball club. Now they just

624
00:32:21,600 --> 00:32:23,800
Speaker 1: ran into the buzzsaw of the National League in all

625
00:32:23,800 --> 00:32:26,760
Speaker 1: of baseball and Los Angeles Dodgers. But for a second,

626
00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:29,760
Speaker 1: let's have some mercy and grace because the Miami Marlins

627
00:32:29,760 --> 00:32:32,400
Speaker 1: are a rebuilding team. And then Los Angeles Dodgers are

628
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Speaker 1: one of the best teams of this decade the way

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Speaker 1: that they're playing right now, not of this year of

630
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Speaker 1: this decade. So let's give some mercy and grace to

631
00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:44,040
Speaker 1: them likely getting swept if you take that away. Number One,

632
00:32:44,080 --> 00:32:46,200
Speaker 1: they're coming off a nice series against the Padres, but

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Speaker 1: we're not too worried about that. If you take the

634
00:32:48,440 --> 00:32:52,560
Speaker 1: Dodgers series away, they're playing five hundred ball since they're

635
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Speaker 1: ten and thirty one start. So I asked the question,

636
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Speaker 1: is that the standard for twenty twenty if you care

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Speaker 1: about wins and losses in twenty twenty, right, if you're

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00:33:04,040 --> 00:33:06,640
Speaker 1: impatient like I am. There's a lot of people. Sixty

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00:33:06,680 --> 00:33:08,680
Speaker 1: something percent of individuals said, no, twenty twenty one is

640
00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:11,840
Speaker 1: what I care about. But if you care about twenty twenty,

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00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:15,120
Speaker 1: is five hundred baseball the standard for wins and loss

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Speaker 1: And I laugh, and let me tell you why. I laugh,

643
00:33:18,920 --> 00:33:21,960
Speaker 1: because you're telling us something. If that's what you think

644
00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:24,520
Speaker 1: five hundred is a standard, you're telling us something so

645
00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:30,000
Speaker 1: significant without even realizing that you're telling us. You are

646
00:33:30,040 --> 00:33:33,720
Speaker 1: telling us that you have more faith in year three

647
00:33:34,120 --> 00:33:37,400
Speaker 1: of this latest rebuild than you did in the previous

648
00:33:37,520 --> 00:33:41,840
Speaker 1: precious Core. Ever, because that previous corps never got to

649
00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:46,400
Speaker 1: five hundred. Let me make something very clear here, because

650
00:33:46,640 --> 00:33:49,959
Speaker 1: I've been told that I'm too hard on the previous core. Okay,

651
00:33:50,720 --> 00:33:52,760
Speaker 1: while I did not like the previous core as much

652
00:33:52,800 --> 00:33:55,080
Speaker 1: as I have other eras of baseball, and it's the truth.

653
00:33:55,320 --> 00:33:58,120
Speaker 1: Outside of Jose Fernandas and Marcelo zun I, just as

654
00:33:58,160 --> 00:34:00,280
Speaker 1: a fan, I did not feel connected to the previous core.

655
00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:02,520
Speaker 1: Something about it, I don't know. I'm sure that they're

656
00:34:02,520 --> 00:34:05,200
Speaker 1: all really nice guys. They were fun cores. They had

657
00:34:05,240 --> 00:34:09,479
Speaker 1: great individual performances, but they didn't get me. They didn't

658
00:34:09,520 --> 00:34:11,360
Speaker 1: grasp behold of me like the two thousand and eight,

659
00:34:11,360 --> 00:34:13,960
Speaker 1: two thousand and nine teams, did you know, like the

660
00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:17,160
Speaker 1: previous years of Louis Castillo and Als Gonzales, Mike Lowell

661
00:34:17,800 --> 00:34:21,880
Speaker 1: later on, George Cantu, even Mike Jacobs, dan Uglo, those teams,

662
00:34:21,920 --> 00:34:25,960
Speaker 1: those cores got me. I never felt like that with

663
00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:28,319
Speaker 1: the previous Core. So maybe when I say I'm too

664
00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:29,799
Speaker 1: hard on them, or you guys say AM too hard

665
00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:31,680
Speaker 1: to them, maybe it comes from that. That could be

666
00:34:31,760 --> 00:34:35,160
Speaker 1: the truth. But I never really enjoyed that core as

667
00:34:35,239 --> 00:34:38,960
Speaker 1: much as I did other previous ones. But that's not

668
00:34:39,080 --> 00:34:42,320
Speaker 1: the reason that I laugh at some people that already

669
00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:45,480
Speaker 1: have more of an expectation with this core than that

670
00:34:45,520 --> 00:34:50,040
Speaker 1: previous corps ever excelled. Guys, Knock knock. The previous core

671
00:34:50,120 --> 00:34:54,600
Speaker 1: average seventy five wins together, Stanton and Yelich and Gordon

672
00:34:54,920 --> 00:34:59,319
Speaker 1: and Boar and Ozuna, and even when Fernandez was here

673
00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:03,320
Speaker 1: prior to the tragedy, they average seventy five wins together.

674
00:35:03,360 --> 00:35:06,120
Speaker 1: They never got to playoff, they never got to five hundred.

675
00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:09,600
Speaker 1: So if in twenty twenty you already have the expectation

676
00:35:09,680 --> 00:35:13,839
Speaker 1: of five hundred, congratulations, But please let's stop talking about

677
00:35:13,880 --> 00:35:17,279
Speaker 1: the previous core then, because then you expect this team,

678
00:35:17,400 --> 00:35:19,799
Speaker 1: a third year of the rebuild, to do better than

679
00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:22,680
Speaker 1: two MVPs, right, because that's what we always say, and

680
00:35:22,719 --> 00:35:25,840
Speaker 1: an ace in Jose Fernandez and Marcelo, Zuna and Gordon

681
00:35:25,880 --> 00:35:28,520
Speaker 1: who never got to seventy nine wins, we never got

682
00:35:28,560 --> 00:35:32,239
Speaker 1: to eighty one wins. So I'm okay with that. I

683
00:35:32,360 --> 00:35:36,640
Speaker 1: just laugh because you're most likely not realizing what you're saying,

684
00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:39,000
Speaker 1: which is that you already have more faith in this

685
00:35:39,080 --> 00:35:42,600
Speaker 1: team than you did the previous But the question is Okay,

686
00:35:42,680 --> 00:35:44,520
Speaker 1: is that the standard. Most of the individuals said five

687
00:35:44,600 --> 00:35:50,040
Speaker 1: hundred baseball. You know, I don't disagree necessarily. I think

688
00:35:50,120 --> 00:35:53,400
Speaker 1: my pace or my expectation would be seventy five to

689
00:35:53,440 --> 00:35:56,560
Speaker 1: eighty wins. That would be my standard for next year.

690
00:35:56,760 --> 00:35:58,839
Speaker 1: I told you I care about wins and losses. That's

691
00:35:58,840 --> 00:36:02,120
Speaker 1: what I would be hoping for, seventy five to eighty wins.

692
00:36:02,520 --> 00:36:05,359
Speaker 1: I don't need five hundred to feel good about next

693
00:36:05,400 --> 00:36:09,600
Speaker 1: year's ball club. Can they get to five hundred? Absolutely,

694
00:36:09,920 --> 00:36:12,399
Speaker 1: They've been playing five hundred baseball since their horrible start.

695
00:36:12,440 --> 00:36:14,840
Speaker 1: But remember that horrible start came on the backs of

696
00:36:15,120 --> 00:36:18,359
Speaker 1: veterans who aren't going to be here and a part

697
00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:20,080
Speaker 1: of the rotation that isn't going to be here either.

698
00:36:20,840 --> 00:36:22,920
Speaker 1: Because I think Jose Jurina comes back and he's in

699
00:36:22,920 --> 00:36:25,680
Speaker 1: the bullpen. I eventually think the next competitive team, Trevor

700
00:36:25,719 --> 00:36:28,719
Speaker 1: Richards is in the bullpen. So maybe Caleb Smith, Pabolopez

701
00:36:28,760 --> 00:36:31,960
Speaker 1: and Sandy are the three from opening day rotation that

702
00:36:32,040 --> 00:36:35,080
Speaker 1: are still here now. With Zach Gallen and Jordan Amamoto

703
00:36:35,320 --> 00:36:38,640
Speaker 1: and the influx of talent and pitching talent on the

704
00:36:38,680 --> 00:36:43,240
Speaker 1: mound in the minor league system. Basically, what I'm saying

705
00:36:43,280 --> 00:36:45,239
Speaker 1: is ten and thirty one didn't come from players of

706
00:36:45,280 --> 00:36:49,600
Speaker 1: the future. It came from players of the past. When

707
00:36:49,600 --> 00:36:54,160
Speaker 1: the players of the future came up, Garrett Cooper, Eryl Drmirez,

708
00:36:54,280 --> 00:36:57,359
Speaker 1: even if it's a fourth outfielder, the pitching staff's got

709
00:36:57,440 --> 00:37:01,040
Speaker 1: solidified with the baby faced aces. Suddenly Brian Anderson and

710
00:37:01,120 --> 00:37:05,560
Speaker 1: Georgia Alfaro stabilized because they were having awful luck in

711
00:37:05,600 --> 00:37:09,080
Speaker 1: the beginning and their play had to return from a

712
00:37:09,120 --> 00:37:12,719
Speaker 1: regression that wasn't what kind of player they were to

713
00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:15,720
Speaker 1: where they are now. Now they're playing around their career

714
00:37:15,719 --> 00:37:18,160
Speaker 1: slash lines what we would expect from They're not overperforming

715
00:37:18,239 --> 00:37:21,200
Speaker 1: right now, they're playing at what we would expect. Suddenly,

716
00:37:21,239 --> 00:37:23,880
Speaker 1: now this team's five hundred. Oh, and you don't have

717
00:37:23,960 --> 00:37:27,360
Speaker 1: the Sandias yet or Monte Harri Center Victor Victor Mesa

718
00:37:28,040 --> 00:37:30,960
Speaker 1: or six Do Sanchez or Edward Cabrera or in two

719
00:37:31,040 --> 00:37:32,920
Speaker 1: years JJ Blade. You don't have all of these players

720
00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:35,520
Speaker 1: that now make up a top seven farm system, top

721
00:37:35,560 --> 00:37:39,279
Speaker 1: ten farm system. So starting opening day next year, if

722
00:37:39,360 --> 00:37:42,640
Speaker 1: now the future is up, can you expect five hundred? Absolutely?

723
00:37:42,640 --> 00:37:45,959
Speaker 1: And I'm okay with that standard. I think, like I said,

724
00:37:45,960 --> 00:37:47,879
Speaker 1: mine would be seventy five eighty this year, I had

725
00:37:47,920 --> 00:37:51,239
Speaker 1: seventy to seventy five. But I am okay with those

726
00:37:51,320 --> 00:37:54,520
Speaker 1: that would expect a five hundred ball club, and quite frankly,

727
00:37:54,920 --> 00:37:58,279
Speaker 1: I'm confident that they could be close to that. I'm

728
00:37:58,400 --> 00:38:00,719
Speaker 1: confident they could be a seventy five plus win team.

729
00:38:00,760 --> 00:38:03,440
Speaker 1: I really am, because unless all of the pitchers are

730
00:38:03,440 --> 00:38:05,319
Speaker 1: going to regress. Oh and by the way, all of

731
00:38:05,360 --> 00:38:08,080
Speaker 1: the reinforcements that they have in the minor leagues, they're

732
00:38:08,120 --> 00:38:09,640
Speaker 1: not going to be much worse than they have been

733
00:38:09,680 --> 00:38:14,759
Speaker 1: over the last fifty five games, fifty plus games. They're

734
00:38:14,840 --> 00:38:19,040
Speaker 1: just not because they're going to be better. Development happens

735
00:38:19,080 --> 00:38:23,879
Speaker 1: with young pitchers, and you're going to add minor league

736
00:38:23,880 --> 00:38:28,440
Speaker 1: Baseball all stars, top prospects, top one hundred prospects. So

737
00:38:28,520 --> 00:38:30,799
Speaker 1: I don't think that that's an issue. And for what

738
00:38:30,840 --> 00:38:32,960
Speaker 1: it's worth, if you have that standard and if they

739
00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:36,279
Speaker 1: reach it, then the Marlins are well above schedule of

740
00:38:36,320 --> 00:38:39,640
Speaker 1: the Astros, of the White Sox, even of the Padres.

741
00:38:41,600 --> 00:38:43,120
Speaker 1: That tends to happen when you have a lot of

742
00:38:43,120 --> 00:38:45,680
Speaker 1: outgoing talent, no doubt about it. The Moments had a

743
00:38:45,680 --> 00:38:49,560
Speaker 1: lot of outgoing talent, but for the most case, and

744
00:38:49,719 --> 00:38:51,759
Speaker 1: even if we're still in wait and see for some

745
00:38:51,840 --> 00:38:54,160
Speaker 1: of the deals, it seems like they were able to

746
00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:57,400
Speaker 1: at least get average deals and in some cases maximize

747
00:38:57,400 --> 00:39:01,040
Speaker 1: that talent so that this is a advanced and excelled

748
00:39:01,160 --> 00:39:05,280
Speaker 1: rebuild rather than one that takes five plus years. Because

749
00:39:05,320 --> 00:39:08,719
Speaker 1: once again, as we sit here right now, if you're

750
00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:11,800
Speaker 1: listening in your car, it is year two of the rebuild.

751
00:39:11,920 --> 00:39:14,600
Speaker 1: The Marlins already have a top ten starting staff in

752
00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:18,000
Speaker 1: the major league level, a top ten farm system in baseball,

753
00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:20,359
Speaker 1: and they're going to have a top five pick next year.

754
00:39:20,560 --> 00:39:25,080
Speaker 1: That is an advanced, excelled, quick paced, head of schedule

755
00:39:25,760 --> 00:39:29,759
Speaker 1: state of the Marlins rebuild, and it's a reason that

756
00:39:29,760 --> 00:39:35,359
Speaker 1: people should be excited for next year. All Right, we

757
00:39:35,440 --> 00:39:37,040
Speaker 1: have ten to fifteen more minutes. I want to get

758
00:39:37,040 --> 00:39:39,239
Speaker 1: to our pitching performance of the week as well as

759
00:39:39,280 --> 00:39:41,759
Speaker 1: our hitter of the week. Pitching performance of the week

760
00:39:41,800 --> 00:39:45,600
Speaker 1: comes down to three performances this week, which are actually

761
00:39:45,600 --> 00:39:48,440
Speaker 1: all very similar, at least when we look at their

762
00:39:48,480 --> 00:39:52,280
Speaker 1: stat line. Caleb Smith against the Padres went five innings pitched,

763
00:39:52,840 --> 00:39:56,320
Speaker 1: only allowed two earned runs, seven strikeouts, and only two walks.

764
00:39:56,800 --> 00:40:00,600
Speaker 1: Early on, he was not as consistent. They got to

765
00:40:00,640 --> 00:40:02,319
Speaker 1: him early on and then he just settled down and

766
00:40:02,320 --> 00:40:06,160
Speaker 1: he looked like the doctor k of before before his injury.

767
00:40:07,960 --> 00:40:11,680
Speaker 1: Jordan Yamamoto against the Padres, same club, five innings, pitch

768
00:40:11,719 --> 00:40:14,920
Speaker 1: to and runs, four strikeouts to two walks. You know,

769
00:40:15,080 --> 00:40:18,759
Speaker 1: Yams continues to get himself into trouble and then out

770
00:40:18,760 --> 00:40:23,320
Speaker 1: of trouble, and he continues to minimize the damage. Now again,

771
00:40:23,520 --> 00:40:25,880
Speaker 1: might be a different story today against the Dodgers. They

772
00:40:25,880 --> 00:40:28,360
Speaker 1: have a buzz saw. I don't like the matchup for him.

773
00:40:28,600 --> 00:40:31,080
Speaker 1: I don't like the matchup for him at all. Maybe

774
00:40:31,080 --> 00:40:35,160
Speaker 1: he proves me wrong, but thus far he has had

775
00:40:35,239 --> 00:40:37,680
Speaker 1: clean lines and he has been getting out of trouble

776
00:40:37,680 --> 00:40:41,200
Speaker 1: when he needs to. Third is Zach Gallin. Zach Gallon

777
00:40:41,320 --> 00:40:43,839
Speaker 1: goes to Dodgers Stadium. This is the most impressive one

778
00:40:43,840 --> 00:40:45,040
Speaker 1: for me, by the way. I know, I give you

779
00:40:45,080 --> 00:40:47,520
Speaker 1: guys the options and then you choose and you tell

780
00:40:47,560 --> 00:40:49,200
Speaker 1: me who the pitching performance is of the week. But

781
00:40:49,760 --> 00:40:52,239
Speaker 1: by golly like, Zach Gallon is my choice this week

782
00:40:52,360 --> 00:40:55,759
Speaker 1: because he goes to Dodgers Stadium against the most ridiculous

783
00:40:55,960 --> 00:40:58,440
Speaker 1: lineup in baseball as we speak. Don't talk to me

784
00:40:58,480 --> 00:41:01,800
Speaker 1: about the Yankees. It's the Dodgers. Five point one innings,

785
00:41:01,840 --> 00:41:05,560
Speaker 1: pitch only one run, allowed, five strikeouts to four walks.

786
00:41:07,400 --> 00:41:09,640
Speaker 1: Zach Gallen would be my selection. But I'm gonna point

787
00:41:09,640 --> 00:41:12,239
Speaker 1: out something here that's interesting. I had this conversation with

788
00:41:12,680 --> 00:41:14,800
Speaker 1: another rider. Let me bring it on to the airwaves.

789
00:41:15,480 --> 00:41:19,520
Speaker 1: You know, you talk about a casual fan or just

790
00:41:19,560 --> 00:41:21,799
Speaker 1: any fan, even a good Marlins fan, and you asked

791
00:41:21,840 --> 00:41:25,239
Speaker 1: him to talk about Jordanianamamoto and then Zach Gallen, and

792
00:41:25,320 --> 00:41:28,480
Speaker 1: a very interesting thing happens, because see, Jordan Yamamoto has

793
00:41:28,520 --> 00:41:32,120
Speaker 1: a very pretty stat line so far this year. He

794
00:41:32,160 --> 00:41:34,360
Speaker 1: gets in trouble, but he gets out of it very easily,

795
00:41:35,160 --> 00:41:37,799
Speaker 1: and he has a lot nicer stat lines. If you

796
00:41:37,880 --> 00:41:40,440
Speaker 1: are just a box score guy, it's not even a

797
00:41:40,440 --> 00:41:44,120
Speaker 1: conversation who's been better Jordian Almoto versus versus Zach Gallon.

798
00:41:44,120 --> 00:41:47,759
Speaker 1: You're gonna choose Yamamoto every single time, because then you

799
00:41:47,760 --> 00:41:49,799
Speaker 1: look at Zach Gallin. He's allowed three runs and then

800
00:41:49,840 --> 00:41:52,520
Speaker 1: two runs and then three runs, and it doesn't look

801
00:41:52,640 --> 00:41:55,680
Speaker 1: as pretty. But tell me, for those of you that

802
00:41:55,880 --> 00:41:59,560
Speaker 1: use your eyes, doesn't Zach Gallin look like he's just

803
00:41:59,600 --> 00:42:01,280
Speaker 1: gonna went.

804
00:42:01,160 --> 00:42:03,560
Speaker 2: Out to dugo who flew out his first time he

805
00:42:03,680 --> 00:42:05,280
Speaker 2: swings and misses.

806
00:42:05,320 --> 00:42:08,520
Speaker 1: There they strike out for Gallon.

807
00:42:08,560 --> 00:42:10,440
Speaker 2: That is his second of the night, two away and

808
00:42:10,520 --> 00:42:11,080
Speaker 2: the third.

809
00:42:10,880 --> 00:42:12,800
Speaker 1: Time he can handle both sides of the plate.

810
00:42:13,120 --> 00:42:15,920
Speaker 2: Oh, that's where al Farrow set up. That one was

811
00:42:16,040 --> 00:42:18,480
Speaker 2: up and out of the zone. But Bellinger chase third

812
00:42:18,480 --> 00:42:23,919
Speaker 2: strikeout for Gallon the following year swings and missus. That's

813
00:42:23,920 --> 00:42:29,200
Speaker 2: the fourth strikeout for Gallon. Second this inning, swinging and missing,

814
00:42:29,280 --> 00:42:31,759
Speaker 2: a huge strikeout of Bellinger.

815
00:42:31,320 --> 00:42:32,960
Speaker 1: For out number one in the sixth.

816
00:42:34,440 --> 00:42:37,319
Speaker 2: This fastball atop the strike soon at ninety miles an hour,

817
00:42:37,360 --> 00:42:38,920
Speaker 2: Bellinger not catching up to it.

818
00:42:38,960 --> 00:42:42,160
Speaker 1: Doesn't his stuff look like it's just gonna stick, Like

819
00:42:42,200 --> 00:42:44,360
Speaker 1: he's just gonna continue to get better and listen. This

820
00:42:44,400 --> 00:42:46,520
Speaker 1: is not a knock on Yemen Middle at all. I

821
00:42:46,520 --> 00:42:50,320
Speaker 1: think they are both individuals that could be rotation fixtures

822
00:42:50,360 --> 00:42:52,879
Speaker 1: moving forward. I think that they both have very nice

823
00:42:52,880 --> 00:42:55,800
Speaker 1: ceilings and they have safe floors. This is not a

824
00:42:55,920 --> 00:42:58,680
Speaker 1: knock on him, but it's a point to why seeing

825
00:42:58,680 --> 00:43:01,120
Speaker 1: with your eyes is different looking at a box score.

826
00:43:01,680 --> 00:43:04,320
Speaker 1: Seeing it in person is different than looking through the TV.

827
00:43:05,080 --> 00:43:07,880
Speaker 1: Zach Gallon has been like the Brian Anderson of pitching,

828
00:43:07,960 --> 00:43:10,279
Speaker 1: right now. He's gotten a lot of tough luck. He's

829
00:43:10,280 --> 00:43:12,319
Speaker 1: gotten a lot of like we saw a few nights ago,

830
00:43:12,600 --> 00:43:16,160
Speaker 1: errors behind him and plays against the shift, so his

831
00:43:16,239 --> 00:43:18,840
Speaker 1: box score doesn't look as pretty, but his stuff plays

832
00:43:19,160 --> 00:43:22,800
Speaker 1: and it plays up. On the other side, Jornayamamoto is unpredictable.

833
00:43:22,880 --> 00:43:25,799
Speaker 1: Jornia Almoto is. I'd rather his arsenal is unpredictable, not

834
00:43:25,840 --> 00:43:28,600
Speaker 1: his performance. His arsenal's unpredictable. He's hard to pick the

835
00:43:28,640 --> 00:43:32,480
Speaker 1: ball up on. His velocity looks so much faster than

836
00:43:32,520 --> 00:43:34,239
Speaker 1: it is because of all the pitches that he has

837
00:43:34,280 --> 00:43:37,040
Speaker 1: back there. He keeps hitters off timing. This is really

838
00:43:37,120 --> 00:43:38,919
Speaker 1: not a knock on him, but just something to point out.

839
00:43:39,080 --> 00:43:41,760
Speaker 1: If you ask me who has more success moving forward,

840
00:43:41,880 --> 00:43:44,480
Speaker 1: if I'm forced to pick one, it's probably the guy

841
00:43:44,480 --> 00:43:46,200
Speaker 1: with the uglier box scores Right now, it would be

842
00:43:46,280 --> 00:43:48,920
Speaker 1: Zach Gallon, and this week what he did at Dodger

843
00:43:49,000 --> 00:43:50,600
Speaker 1: Stadium is a shame and end of the way it

844
00:43:50,640 --> 00:43:52,640
Speaker 1: did should have ended much better than the way it did,

845
00:43:52,760 --> 00:43:55,800
Speaker 1: but that's not on him. He would be my choice.

846
00:43:57,239 --> 00:43:59,080
Speaker 1: On the offensive side, you have two guys to really

847
00:43:59,120 --> 00:44:01,879
Speaker 1: look at for hitter of the both of them are

848
00:44:02,200 --> 00:44:04,840
Speaker 1: part of that future core that I was talking about earlier.

849
00:44:05,320 --> 00:44:08,080
Speaker 1: George Alphao is hitting two eighty six, three thirteen, three

850
00:44:08,160 --> 00:44:11,040
Speaker 1: fifty seven with four hits, a double, and a walk

851
00:44:11,480 --> 00:44:15,239
Speaker 1: and seven k's over the last week. Listen this stat line.

852
00:44:15,239 --> 00:44:17,399
Speaker 1: If you threw in a home run in there, which,

853
00:44:17,400 --> 00:44:19,520
Speaker 1: for what it's worth, he missed a Grand Slam over

854
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Speaker 1: the weekend by like one foot. If you throw in

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Speaker 1: a home run in there, that's basically George Alfarou for

856
00:44:24,320 --> 00:44:28,520
Speaker 1: the rest of his career two eighties, three twenties, three

857
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Speaker 1: sixties or four hundred slugging and then four you know,

858
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Speaker 1: a bunch of hits, doubles and homers and a bunch

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00:44:33,280 --> 00:44:36,000
Speaker 1: of strikeouts. That's what it is. That's the kind of

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Speaker 1: hitter that he is. But he's good. He's good, And

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Speaker 1: I'm not even sure if I mentioned it earlier, but

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00:44:45,800 --> 00:44:48,080
Speaker 1: you know, when you talk about the conversation with Real

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00:44:48,160 --> 00:44:51,080
Speaker 1: Mudo and Alpha Ro, that trade looks better every single day.

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00:44:51,560 --> 00:44:55,399
Speaker 1: Go compare the numbers. The offensive number is not much different. Now.

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00:44:55,440 --> 00:44:57,840
Speaker 1: Is j t Romudo right now still the superior athlete

866
00:44:57,840 --> 00:45:00,680
Speaker 1: and the superior defensive catcher and the superior player. Absolutely,

867
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Speaker 1: He's also older. He also has less years of control.

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00:45:04,760 --> 00:45:07,080
Speaker 1: That trade is looking like an absolute gem because of

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00:45:07,120 --> 00:45:09,600
Speaker 1: the way that al Faro has been playing, and the

870
00:45:09,640 --> 00:45:11,719
Speaker 1: reality is that he will only continue to develop and

871
00:45:11,800 --> 00:45:16,160
Speaker 1: handle the pitching staff better. He's a top ten catcher

872
00:45:16,239 --> 00:45:19,480
Speaker 1: arguably right now in baseball already, and look at his

873
00:45:19,600 --> 00:45:22,279
Speaker 1: age and look at his years of control. The other

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00:45:22,280 --> 00:45:24,399
Speaker 1: option for this week is Garret Cooper. Of course, it's

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00:45:24,440 --> 00:45:27,240
Speaker 1: Gret Cooper three sixty four on base forty eight percent

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00:45:27,239 --> 00:45:29,839
Speaker 1: of the time, slugging well over seven hundred eight hits

877
00:45:29,840 --> 00:45:33,320
Speaker 1: over the last seven games, two homers, two doubles, nine k's,

878
00:45:33,360 --> 00:45:37,040
Speaker 1: but has also walked five times. I said it before,

879
00:45:37,120 --> 00:45:40,160
Speaker 1: I will say it again. Garrett Cooper has officially introduced

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00:45:40,239 --> 00:45:44,239
Speaker 1: himself as a fixture in this franchise. He has not

881
00:45:44,680 --> 00:45:49,040
Speaker 1: signed the contract and finalized the agreement yet, because of course,

882
00:45:49,239 --> 00:45:50,759
Speaker 1: we need to see it for a longer time and

883
00:45:50,800 --> 00:45:52,719
Speaker 1: we need to see what they do. But with his

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00:45:52,840 --> 00:45:56,040
Speaker 1: versatility out in the outfield as well, he's gonna be

885
00:45:56,120 --> 00:46:00,120
Speaker 1: here and every single week, don't. I don't anticipate it

886
00:46:00,400 --> 00:46:02,520
Speaker 1: or want it to happen, but I'm just waiting for

887
00:46:02,560 --> 00:46:05,440
Speaker 1: the day that he really regresses really hard, and then

888
00:46:05,480 --> 00:46:07,800
Speaker 1: we can talk again. Okay, Well, maybe it was a fluke.

889
00:46:08,440 --> 00:46:10,680
Speaker 1: You know, the two weeks, all those four weeks, all

890
00:46:10,719 --> 00:46:13,280
Speaker 1: those six weeks, all those eight weeks were a fluke.

891
00:46:13,640 --> 00:46:16,279
Speaker 1: It doesn't happen. He keeps hitting, he keeps getting on base,

892
00:46:16,320 --> 00:46:18,560
Speaker 1: he keeps taking his walks, and he has a solid

893
00:46:18,600 --> 00:46:20,000
Speaker 1: defensive glove at first base.

894
00:46:22,800 --> 00:46:25,920
Speaker 2: He sends one deep to left center field.

895
00:46:26,520 --> 00:46:27,720
Speaker 1: That's gone.

896
00:46:29,800 --> 00:46:33,439
Speaker 2: A solo homer for Garrett Cooper, his eleventh.

897
00:46:35,719 --> 00:46:37,120
Speaker 1: If I had to choose this week, come on, it's

898
00:46:37,160 --> 00:46:39,600
Speaker 1: karat Cooper right. When you hit three sixty four for

899
00:46:39,760 --> 00:46:43,280
Speaker 1: eighty one seven twenty seven with eight hits, Yeah, two homers,

900
00:46:43,360 --> 00:46:45,080
Speaker 1: you're you're gonna get hitter of the week. I think

901
00:46:45,080 --> 00:46:48,520
Speaker 1: that you guys would agree with me. But his conversation

902
00:46:48,640 --> 00:46:52,440
Speaker 1: piece is just so interesting because he opens up so

903
00:46:52,520 --> 00:46:56,480
Speaker 1: many options for you moving forward. He opens up so

904
00:46:56,760 --> 00:47:01,040
Speaker 1: many opportunities were you can, like I said, get a

905
00:47:01,080 --> 00:47:03,440
Speaker 1: Jose of Brau or someone else that you want to

906
00:47:03,480 --> 00:47:06,560
Speaker 1: add to first base and keep him in the lineup

907
00:47:06,640 --> 00:47:08,680
Speaker 1: and then put him over at right field. It is

908
00:47:08,719 --> 00:47:12,080
Speaker 1: an exciting thing that he has added himself to what

909
00:47:12,200 --> 00:47:14,080
Speaker 1: I thought was just going to be a conversation all

910
00:47:14,160 --> 00:47:17,480
Speaker 1: year about Brian Anderson and George Oparrow and Garret Cooper

911
00:47:17,480 --> 00:47:20,839
Speaker 1: has absolutely hijacked that conversation and has continued to make

912
00:47:20,880 --> 00:47:24,160
Speaker 1: the point that even in a losing rebuilding season of

913
00:47:24,200 --> 00:47:28,000
Speaker 1: one hundred losses, the MLB status is actually pretty good

914
00:47:28,480 --> 00:47:30,200
Speaker 1: because the players that we need to play well are

915
00:47:30,280 --> 00:47:32,520
Speaker 1: playing well, and that if we're not okay with that

916
00:47:32,560 --> 00:47:34,280
Speaker 1: being pretty good, then we look at the farm system

917
00:47:34,320 --> 00:47:36,759
Speaker 1: that's great. And if we're not okay with the fact

918
00:47:36,800 --> 00:47:38,640
Speaker 1: that the farm system is great, we look one year

919
00:47:38,680 --> 00:47:40,480
Speaker 1: in at Advance where many of you already won a

920
00:47:40,480 --> 00:47:43,200
Speaker 1: five hundred season, which means that they would have already

921
00:47:43,239 --> 00:47:45,960
Speaker 1: surpassed the win total of the previous cores. And that's

922
00:47:45,960 --> 00:47:50,000
Speaker 1: without even talking about the financials, the financials of adding

923
00:47:50,040 --> 00:47:52,880
Speaker 1: money from the naming rights and adding money from the

924
00:47:52,920 --> 00:47:59,000
Speaker 1: TV contract and the question, well Bruce Sherman's actions match

925
00:47:59,080 --> 00:48:03,160
Speaker 1: up with his words of will they be able to

926
00:48:03,160 --> 00:48:06,400
Speaker 1: effectively do deals at the trade deadline? Will they be

927
00:48:06,440 --> 00:48:10,239
Speaker 1: able to take assets from the mound and use them

928
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Speaker 1: in trades for future pieces. There are questions, there's no

929
00:48:13,239 --> 00:48:14,759
Speaker 1: doubt about it. But when you look at the state

930
00:48:14,800 --> 00:48:16,320
Speaker 1: of the Marlins to finish up with the way that

931
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Speaker 1: we started. It's good. It's a good time to get

932
00:48:20,280 --> 00:48:22,959
Speaker 1: into this. It's a good time to be a fan.

933
00:48:23,239 --> 00:48:25,279
Speaker 1: It's a good time to say I was there in

934
00:48:25,360 --> 00:48:28,120
Speaker 1: twenty nineteen, the second year of the rebuilt, before became

935
00:48:28,280 --> 00:48:33,920
Speaker 1: easy to root for the Marlins. That's going to be

936
00:48:33,960 --> 00:48:36,520
Speaker 1: it for me today. I want to thank again Eli

937
00:48:36,760 --> 00:48:40,840
Speaker 1: for coming out last week and doing that amazing recording.

938
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Speaker 1: Like I said in the beginning, I will not be

939
00:48:44,040 --> 00:48:46,040
Speaker 1: here next week because I will be in my honeymoon.

940
00:48:47,280 --> 00:48:49,120
Speaker 1: But Eli will be back and he will be bringing

941
00:48:49,160 --> 00:48:51,719
Speaker 1: a special guest with him. I'm not gonna spoil it,

942
00:48:51,760 --> 00:48:53,720
Speaker 1: but I'm telling you you're going to want to find

943
00:48:53,719 --> 00:48:56,200
Speaker 1: it in your app download that episode and listen to

944
00:48:56,239 --> 00:48:59,120
Speaker 1: it because I'm honestly quite jealous that the guy he's

945
00:48:59,120 --> 00:49:02,239
Speaker 1: bringing in is here. When Eli's coming in, come on,

946
00:49:02,680 --> 00:49:04,360
Speaker 1: I would have loved to have been able to discuss

947
00:49:04,400 --> 00:49:07,040
Speaker 1: that with him. Like I mentioned before, I want to

948
00:49:07,040 --> 00:49:09,560
Speaker 1: bring in a business partner of the Marlins and discuss

949
00:49:09,560 --> 00:49:11,200
Speaker 1: a little bit of the business, So look out for

950
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Speaker 1: that coming. As always, I want you to continue sending

951
00:49:14,360 --> 00:49:16,080
Speaker 1: me emails. If there's one thing I'm proud of with

952
00:49:16,120 --> 00:49:18,560
Speaker 1: this podcast, listen The numbers are great, but I'm not

953
00:49:18,600 --> 00:49:21,480
Speaker 1: even proud of the about the numbers. You know, it's

954
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Speaker 1: not the guests, It's not anything other than the fact.

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Speaker 1: What I'm most proud of is that you all continue

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00:49:26,880 --> 00:49:29,279
Speaker 1: to send me emails and continue to engage, and that

957
00:49:29,320 --> 00:49:31,880
Speaker 1: this really is becoming a voice for the fan and

958
00:49:31,920 --> 00:49:34,320
Speaker 1: I appreciate that because that was my goal in setting

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00:49:34,320 --> 00:49:38,360
Speaker 1: this up. So keep doing that, keep liking and subscribing.

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Speaker 1: I will always end with saying, please leave a review.

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00:49:41,480 --> 00:49:43,600
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962
00:49:43,640 --> 00:49:46,200
Speaker 1: know what's going well and so that we see the feedback.

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Speaker 1: If you want to be a guest, there is starting

964
00:49:48,840 --> 00:49:51,680
Speaker 1: to come up room in the guest list, so reach

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00:49:51,719 --> 00:49:53,640
Speaker 1: out to me, whether by email, on fish stripes dot

966
00:49:53,680 --> 00:49:58,000
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Speaker 1: as always, go fish Huge.