1 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:29,160 Speaker 1: Fresh episode of Fish Bites. Eli Sussman here with you 2 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:34,559 Speaker 1: under very bizarre circumstances. For sure, we cover Miami Marlins 3 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:37,479 Speaker 1: baseball at fish Stripes. The main website for that is 4 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:41,720 Speaker 1: Fishstripes dot com. Across all your favorite social media platforms 5 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:45,319 Speaker 1: at fish Stripes. Every episode of fish Bites is part 6 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:48,479 Speaker 1: of the fish Stripes podcast, so make sure you subscribe 7 00:00:48,479 --> 00:00:51,199 Speaker 1: to that. If you don't already leave a review, be 8 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:55,280 Speaker 1: much appreciated as well. And I went back and forth 9 00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:58,320 Speaker 1: over how exactly to proceed with our coverage and with 10 00:00:58,440 --> 00:01:03,160 Speaker 1: our podcast now that spring training has been suspended, now 11 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:06,640 Speaker 1: that MLB Opening Day has been pushed back for the 12 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:10,399 Speaker 1: first time in decades, and really this particular situation is 13 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:16,080 Speaker 1: largely unprecedented, as the whole world is being impacted by 14 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:21,560 Speaker 1: the coronavirus pandemic. I ultimately determined that if most of 15 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:26,440 Speaker 1: you hopefully are heeding the advice of health professionals and 16 00:01:26,959 --> 00:01:30,520 Speaker 1: staying home as often as possible, trying to isolate from 17 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 1: any high risk individuals, and maybe your work plans, some 18 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:38,840 Speaker 1: of your social life for sure is being disrupted by this, 19 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:42,520 Speaker 1: you probably have more time to listen to content, and 20 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:45,080 Speaker 1: so we'll continue to make content here at Fitzstrip so 21 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:49,040 Speaker 1: that Marlin's flavor to it. Continue creating these podcasts for 22 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:52,400 Speaker 1: you to listen to at least once a week, and 23 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:55,600 Speaker 1: this particular episode will just be me flying solo, but 24 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:57,360 Speaker 1: I'm sure the rest of my staff is going to 25 00:01:57,400 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 1: want to get involved. We have some plans moving forward 26 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:03,040 Speaker 1: for that, but the bulk of this episode will be 27 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:06,160 Speaker 1: a time capsule of sorts trying to stow away the 28 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 1: information that we picked up during Marlin Spring training that 29 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 1: for the team overall was very encouraging for a lot 30 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:15,640 Speaker 1: of the critical prospects as well as some of the 31 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:20,480 Speaker 1: newly acquired veterans showing some very significant indications that they'd 32 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:24,000 Speaker 1: be able to help the team win meaningful games once 33 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:26,720 Speaker 1: we actually got to the season. Well, any of this matter, 34 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:29,519 Speaker 1: I don't know. I really think there is a scenario 35 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:33,240 Speaker 1: where this entire twenty twenty season gets wiped out. The 36 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:35,639 Speaker 1: decision is not in the hands of baseball. It all 37 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:40,320 Speaker 1: depends on how the United States is able to combat 38 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:45,000 Speaker 1: this pandemic and ensure that there are people's safety when 39 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:48,040 Speaker 1: they attend these games. If it gets delayed a little 40 00:02:48,040 --> 00:02:50,880 Speaker 1: bit too long, then you need to consider how it 41 00:02:50,919 --> 00:02:54,960 Speaker 1: impacts the upcoming twenty twenty one season and make adjustments accordingly. 42 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:57,960 Speaker 1: So I'm recording this with the disclaimer that it might 43 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:00,960 Speaker 1: not matter whatsoever that what we see in spring training. 44 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:04,920 Speaker 1: The next time we see meaningful baseball will be in 45 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:06,919 Speaker 1: March of twenty twenty one, and there will be a 46 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 1: whole other spring training preceding that. For the time being, 47 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:13,000 Speaker 1: I'll have an optimistic take on all of this, will 48 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 1: make the assumption that baseball is coming back sometime this summer, 49 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:20,520 Speaker 1: and that all these players that were in Marlin spring 50 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:25,600 Speaker 1: training are potential factors during the upcoming regular season. We're 51 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:28,160 Speaker 1: going to go in alphabetical order, just pick up a 52 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:31,799 Speaker 1: handful of names that I thought we learned something new 53 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:35,320 Speaker 1: about during spring training, that our perception of these players 54 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:38,680 Speaker 1: changed to some extent based on what happens in these 55 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:42,680 Speaker 1: exhibition games. I'm not going to reference any particular stats 56 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:45,320 Speaker 1: for these players. That's something that I've tried to be 57 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 1: pretty consistent with in communicating on behalf of Fish Stripes 58 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:52,480 Speaker 1: that our opinion is that individuals spring training stats just 59 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:55,760 Speaker 1: do not have a correlation to what you're going to 60 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:57,760 Speaker 1: get from that player during the regular season. It shows 61 00:03:58,360 --> 00:04:01,040 Speaker 1: a player that may be getting lucky, maybe getting hot 62 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:03,720 Speaker 1: over a small sample size, the most important thing is 63 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:07,680 Speaker 1: simply watching the players themselves, trying to look for differences 64 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:10,880 Speaker 1: in what they're doing, whether it's their mechanics, whether it's 65 00:04:10,920 --> 00:04:15,400 Speaker 1: their approach, whether it's their skill set, sometimes showing off 66 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:19,039 Speaker 1: simply new skills that they weren't capable of before, but 67 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:22,599 Speaker 1: not playing the results. Because the results over these small 68 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:26,640 Speaker 1: sample sizes, when you're going against opponents that have different 69 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 1: motivations and not always focused on winning or performing depending 70 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:32,240 Speaker 1: on their status in relation and their teams, there are 71 00:04:32,279 --> 00:04:35,960 Speaker 1: just so many variables that make the stats themselves unimportant. 72 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:38,640 Speaker 1: They're fund to celebrate. You'll notice that if you followed 73 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:41,320 Speaker 1: Fists strips on Twitter and on Instagram, we put up 74 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:44,920 Speaker 1: our new victory videos after every single Spring training win. 75 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:48,800 Speaker 1: Those appear to be pretty popular, and one of the 76 00:04:48,839 --> 00:04:51,960 Speaker 1: many disappointments of this delayed regular season is not going 77 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:56,080 Speaker 1: to get to enjoy using that same format for meaningful games. 78 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:59,440 Speaker 1: For the time being, we enjoyed spring training. Spring chain 79 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:01,360 Speaker 1: was a lot of if you were a Marlins fan, 80 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:05,640 Speaker 1: but we want to keep the focus on how it 81 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:09,000 Speaker 1: actually affects the Marlins. Once he try to win games 82 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:11,520 Speaker 1: as they try to turn the corner of this rebuild, 83 00:05:11,839 --> 00:05:13,680 Speaker 1: and the twenty twenty regular season was going to be 84 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:20,279 Speaker 1: a very important time for that. One of our spring 85 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:24,320 Speaker 1: training standouts, Heesus Aguilar, the first baseman that was claimed 86 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:28,080 Speaker 1: off waivers back in December for the Tampa Bay Rays 87 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:31,880 Speaker 1: on a non committal one year deal. He's arbitration eligible 88 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 1: the Marlins, as it's well known, they have a first 89 00:05:34,279 --> 00:05:37,880 Speaker 1: base prospect in the pipeline who's very impressive, Leywin Diaz, 90 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:42,760 Speaker 1: and Aguilar really profiled as a stopgap for Laywan Diez, 91 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:47,920 Speaker 1: and really that's the most generous interpretation I know. There 92 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:51,320 Speaker 1: was some skepticism as to whether he would even last 93 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:53,360 Speaker 1: the entire twenty twenty season. He may be a guy 94 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:55,880 Speaker 1: of the Marlins simply try to flip at the trade 95 00:05:55,880 --> 00:05:59,440 Speaker 1: deadline in order to get younger talent in return coming 96 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:03,119 Speaker 1: off a shaky twenty nineteen season that was split between 97 00:06:03,120 --> 00:06:07,440 Speaker 1: the Brewers and the Rays. There was even a scenario 98 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:10,640 Speaker 1: entering spring training that I think there was some skepticism 99 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:12,880 Speaker 1: as to whether the Marlins would actually carry him for 100 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:15,680 Speaker 1: opening day, whether they actually saw him as someone that 101 00:06:15,839 --> 00:06:19,039 Speaker 1: could have a significant role on their team, despite the 102 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:22,800 Speaker 1: team's offensive shortcomings last year. When you're a first base 103 00:06:22,839 --> 00:06:25,560 Speaker 1: only player, a slow footed player, and you're coming off 104 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:27,240 Speaker 1: a year where you didn't really hit for a whole 105 00:06:27,279 --> 00:06:31,760 Speaker 1: lot of power, there was understandably some doubts about his 106 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:35,520 Speaker 1: ability and how the Marlins saw him, and I think 107 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:38,320 Speaker 1: that was exacerbated a little bit when the teams weren't 108 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:42,000 Speaker 1: able to come to a pre arbitration agreement. The Marlins 109 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:45,799 Speaker 1: went to trial or went to an arbitration case against 110 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:49,440 Speaker 1: Aguilar in February over a difference of two hundred and 111 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:53,480 Speaker 1: fifty thousand dollars, which really surprised me. It was atypical 112 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:56,960 Speaker 1: of Major league teams in general to have that sort 113 00:06:56,960 --> 00:07:02,760 Speaker 1: of conflict over what is old ultimately a fairly modest 114 00:07:02,760 --> 00:07:05,279 Speaker 1: amount of money in the scheme of Major League Baseball. 115 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:07,280 Speaker 1: So they ended up taking him all the way to 116 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:10,040 Speaker 1: arbitration and trying to hold down his salary as much 117 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:13,000 Speaker 1: as possible, and they ended up losing that case in arbitration. 118 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:18,880 Speaker 1: He reported two spring training in Jupiter, and by all indications, 119 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:21,040 Speaker 1: he's going to be the primary first baseman for the 120 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:24,920 Speaker 1: Marlins if they do get to the twenty twenty regular season. 121 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:29,000 Speaker 1: Don mattingly is not really playing any tricks. He laid 122 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:32,760 Speaker 1: out what was his ideal number one, two, three, and 123 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:35,720 Speaker 1: four hitters on his regular lineup, and they were number 124 00:07:35,760 --> 00:07:40,200 Speaker 1: One Jonathan vr to switch hitting a utility man leading 125 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:42,800 Speaker 1: off the lineup coming off a great year, Brian Anderson 126 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:45,440 Speaker 1: in the number two spot, Corey Dickerson in the number 127 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:48,800 Speaker 1: three spot, and Aguilar was batting forth In that combo 128 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:53,920 Speaker 1: of vr Anderson, dick Dickerson, and Aguilar were starting almost 129 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:57,880 Speaker 1: all the same games, it was obvious as obvious could 130 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:01,360 Speaker 1: be that the Marlins had plans of keeping Aguilar for 131 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:04,160 Speaker 1: the regular season and batting him in the middle of 132 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:06,480 Speaker 1: the lineup. For what it's worth, he did put up 133 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:09,240 Speaker 1: decent numbers in spring training games, he did not hit 134 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:11,760 Speaker 1: for much power in those games, he didn't hit any 135 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:16,720 Speaker 1: home runs over the limited spring training action, and he 136 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:20,480 Speaker 1: was playing consistently at first base. Not a whole lot 137 00:08:20,640 --> 00:08:24,280 Speaker 1: of remarkable things to note from the games themselves, but 138 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:26,920 Speaker 1: the simple usage of him and where he was going 139 00:08:26,960 --> 00:08:29,120 Speaker 1: into the lineup, and the fact that he was being 140 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:34,280 Speaker 1: used in games alongside of other opening day probables really 141 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:36,400 Speaker 1: tipped the hand that the Marlins had that they do 142 00:08:36,520 --> 00:08:39,560 Speaker 1: consider him a big part of their twenty twenty team 143 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:42,800 Speaker 1: if the twenty twenty team ever does get into action. 144 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:46,520 Speaker 1: Even a more under the radar acquisition over the offseason 145 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:50,480 Speaker 1: was Brad Bachsberger, who was signed really right on the verge, 146 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:53,280 Speaker 1: right on the eve of spring training in Pitchers and 147 00:08:53,280 --> 00:08:57,200 Speaker 1: Catchers reporting. He has a long track record at the 148 00:08:57,200 --> 00:09:00,560 Speaker 1: major league level, even more major league experience than Aga has, 149 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:03,800 Speaker 1: going back to his days with the Rays and the Diamondbacks. 150 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:06,640 Speaker 1: Most recently he played for the Royals, and he had 151 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:09,280 Speaker 1: a terrible twenty nineteen season. With the Royals, he only 152 00:09:09,280 --> 00:09:11,720 Speaker 1: made it half the year on their major league roster, 153 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:14,960 Speaker 1: and he'd been out of work the entire second half 154 00:09:15,040 --> 00:09:19,280 Speaker 1: of the twenty nineteen season. Then he did something interesting. 155 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:23,119 Speaker 1: He went to drive Line Baseball, the very well regarded 156 00:09:23,720 --> 00:09:28,920 Speaker 1: player development baseball training facility, and he made some wholesale 157 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:32,120 Speaker 1: changes to how he was pitching his mechanics in order 158 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:35,600 Speaker 1: to try to increase his fastball velocity, also to his 159 00:09:35,679 --> 00:09:38,920 Speaker 1: pitch grips, to try to change up his secondary pitches 160 00:09:38,920 --> 00:09:40,920 Speaker 1: when he didn't think he was getting a whole lot 161 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:44,080 Speaker 1: of swings and misses on his current offerings. And he 162 00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:47,800 Speaker 1: threw a special bullpen session out of Arizona, which was 163 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:50,080 Speaker 1: I think in January, and the Marlins were one of 164 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:53,160 Speaker 1: a handful of teams that attended that to see what 165 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:57,120 Speaker 1: the new Blocksburger looked like, and they signed him to 166 00:09:57,200 --> 00:09:59,360 Speaker 1: a minor league deal that came with a one million 167 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:02,599 Speaker 1: dollar salary if he does make the major league team. 168 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:06,240 Speaker 1: It was pretty apparent during the spring training games that 169 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:10,120 Speaker 1: he has he's a new guy, that he really has 170 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:13,960 Speaker 1: reinvented himself to the extent that we had Craig Mish, 171 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:18,120 Speaker 1: the Marlins Insider, reporting that it was almost a foregone 172 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:20,760 Speaker 1: conclusion that the Marlins were going to pick up his 173 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:23,840 Speaker 1: salary and find him a spot on the roster for 174 00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:27,680 Speaker 1: opening Day. He pitched very well in spring training games. Again, 175 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:30,319 Speaker 1: I'm not going into the individual statistics that players put 176 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:33,400 Speaker 1: up in games, but I will note that his stuff 177 00:10:33,559 --> 00:10:36,520 Speaker 1: was different than it had been in twenty nineteen, and 178 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:39,240 Speaker 1: stuff that was really different than it had been in 179 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:43,640 Speaker 1: recent memory. Looking at Bocksburger's stat cast readings from regular 180 00:10:43,720 --> 00:10:46,720 Speaker 1: season games, he's been in a really steady decline in 181 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:50,600 Speaker 1: his fastball velocity dating back to about twenty fifteen, and 182 00:10:50,640 --> 00:10:52,600 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, we were seeing these spring games 183 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:56,760 Speaker 1: where he repeatedly was hitting ninety four miles per hour 184 00:10:56,800 --> 00:10:59,280 Speaker 1: and ninety five in a couple instances on the gun, 185 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:03,840 Speaker 1: showing new secondary pitches change up in a curve ball 186 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:08,080 Speaker 1: as well, and he was nearly perfect in his appearances. 187 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:11,320 Speaker 1: More importantly, he was able to throw strikes, which is 188 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:14,240 Speaker 1: something that had been an issue for him most recently 189 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:18,439 Speaker 1: with Kansas City. I don't want to be too much 190 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:21,040 Speaker 1: of a victim of a small sample size, and it's 191 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:23,520 Speaker 1: possible that as good as somebody looks in spring training 192 00:11:23,559 --> 00:11:27,959 Speaker 1: that doesn't always necessarily sustained itself throughout the entire long 193 00:11:28,040 --> 00:11:30,720 Speaker 1: regular season. The fact that we might be looking at 194 00:11:30,760 --> 00:11:35,040 Speaker 1: a shortened regular season that could be a silver lining 195 00:11:35,080 --> 00:11:37,240 Speaker 1: for someone like Boxburger to be able to maintain his 196 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:40,800 Speaker 1: stuff over sample size, and I think the end game 197 00:11:40,840 --> 00:11:42,760 Speaker 1: for him as a guy that had a lot of 198 00:11:42,800 --> 00:11:44,720 Speaker 1: service time and would be able to re enter the 199 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:48,400 Speaker 1: free agent market after the twenty twenty season. Regardless, the 200 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:51,960 Speaker 1: Marlins were probably eyeing him as a mid season candidate 201 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:55,640 Speaker 1: to flip to a contending team for more young talent, 202 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:58,240 Speaker 1: someone that prior to being traded they'd be able to 203 00:11:58,320 --> 00:12:02,120 Speaker 1: use in high leverage situations, really have improved himself. He 204 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:06,280 Speaker 1: looks fantastic in his spring training appearances. He really did 205 00:12:06,320 --> 00:12:10,360 Speaker 1: look like a different guy. And for someone that has 206 00:12:10,520 --> 00:12:13,480 Speaker 1: a base salary of about a million dollars, that's just 207 00:12:13,640 --> 00:12:16,280 Speaker 1: an outstanding bargain as it looks like the fact that 208 00:12:16,360 --> 00:12:18,280 Speaker 1: it's noncommittal and if they do put him on the 209 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:21,120 Speaker 1: roster that he's not going to be making a whole 210 00:12:21,120 --> 00:12:24,200 Speaker 1: lot more than the league minimum for this team. So 211 00:12:24,280 --> 00:12:27,040 Speaker 1: that was a really great under the radar pickup that 212 00:12:27,360 --> 00:12:30,720 Speaker 1: is looking fantastic for the team once we do get 213 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:34,800 Speaker 1: baseball back underway. A couple of internal pieces that the 214 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:38,560 Speaker 1: Marlins had who didn't necessarily finish the twenty nineteen season 215 00:12:38,679 --> 00:12:41,959 Speaker 1: on a great note. That would be Lewis Brinson and 216 00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:45,800 Speaker 1: right hander Robert Duggar, both of them about in their 217 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:49,480 Speaker 1: mid twenties entering a twenty twenty season where it was 218 00:12:49,520 --> 00:12:52,160 Speaker 1: really hard to project them as anything more than kind 219 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:57,080 Speaker 1: of fringy players, fringy role players. Despite Brinston's pedigree, his 220 00:12:57,160 --> 00:13:00,480 Speaker 1: struggles at the major league level during the regular season 221 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:04,240 Speaker 1: have been so well documented. You simply don't have a 222 00:13:04,440 --> 00:13:07,040 Speaker 1: everyday role for someone that hits as poorly as he does, 223 00:13:07,920 --> 00:13:11,199 Speaker 1: and with Dougger is someone that made the most of 224 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:15,679 Speaker 1: some fairly limited tools that he had, someone that has 225 00:13:15,720 --> 00:13:17,920 Speaker 1: been very durable each of the last couple of years 226 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:22,559 Speaker 1: in the Marlins organization, but simply without much fastball velocity 227 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:28,600 Speaker 1: and without a really diverse repertoire of secondary pitches, it 228 00:13:28,640 --> 00:13:30,680 Speaker 1: was hard to see him missing bats at the major 229 00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:33,600 Speaker 1: league level. He didn't do a whole lot of that. 230 00:13:34,040 --> 00:13:36,080 Speaker 1: When he was called up to the Marlins in August 231 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:39,040 Speaker 1: of twenty nineteen for the first time, he had a 232 00:13:39,080 --> 00:13:42,080 Speaker 1: couple really ugly outings, and just in general, he was 233 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:44,600 Speaker 1: someone that was very easy for opponents to square up. 234 00:13:45,640 --> 00:13:47,480 Speaker 1: He profiled as someone that was always going to be 235 00:13:47,559 --> 00:13:51,000 Speaker 1: vulnerable to the home run ball, and with someone that 236 00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:54,079 Speaker 1: you could see just on the very fringe of your roster, 237 00:13:54,160 --> 00:13:58,040 Speaker 1: whether it be a spot starter when your rotation was 238 00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:01,280 Speaker 1: very thin, or more likely more just of a long 239 00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:04,640 Speaker 1: reliever or a mop up guy, just someone that frankly 240 00:14:04,679 --> 00:14:07,600 Speaker 1: didn't seeing all that important to the future of the team. 241 00:14:08,320 --> 00:14:10,800 Speaker 1: It was really encouraging to see the changes that they 242 00:14:10,840 --> 00:14:14,080 Speaker 1: made over the offseason as well, not quite the same 243 00:14:14,120 --> 00:14:18,280 Speaker 1: process that Boxburger went through with Brinton. Actually he made 244 00:14:18,280 --> 00:14:23,000 Speaker 1: a point of trying to stay away from social media 245 00:14:23,240 --> 00:14:27,400 Speaker 1: and from disclosing the specifics of his routine that he 246 00:14:27,480 --> 00:14:29,280 Speaker 1: tried to go through in order to make himself a 247 00:14:29,280 --> 00:14:33,680 Speaker 1: more effective hitter. With Douger, he went to a training 248 00:14:33,680 --> 00:14:38,280 Speaker 1: facility in Texas and worked out pretty relentlessly in order 249 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:41,280 Speaker 1: to get stronger and translate that into an increase in 250 00:14:41,320 --> 00:14:44,680 Speaker 1: fastball velocity. With both these guys, you saw some tangible 251 00:14:44,680 --> 00:14:48,720 Speaker 1: differences of them in spring training games. Brinson only struck 252 00:14:48,760 --> 00:14:52,000 Speaker 1: out three times during all of spring training. This is 253 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:55,680 Speaker 1: a guy that was really plagued by those strikeout issues. 254 00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:58,720 Speaker 1: I think we mentioned that on the previous podcast. Issue 255 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:01,200 Speaker 1: is when he looked at his past couple of years 256 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:04,000 Speaker 1: of spring training. Although the bottom line production was good, 257 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:07,120 Speaker 1: he was someone that was simply swinging and missing a lot, 258 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:10,200 Speaker 1: and that carried over to the regular season where there 259 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:13,080 Speaker 1: were so many flaws in his approach and with his 260 00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:16,440 Speaker 1: mechanics that he was giving away a lot of opportunities 261 00:15:17,120 --> 00:15:19,840 Speaker 1: to do damage in his plate appearances because he simply 262 00:15:19,880 --> 00:15:23,200 Speaker 1: couldn't hit the ball, and if nothing else, it was 263 00:15:23,240 --> 00:15:25,080 Speaker 1: clear in these spring training games that he was able 264 00:15:25,160 --> 00:15:27,600 Speaker 1: to at least put the ball in play for someone 265 00:15:27,680 --> 00:15:31,440 Speaker 1: with his kind of tools. That's important. That's important because 266 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:35,160 Speaker 1: that's what had been holding him back Primarily. We're not 267 00:15:35,320 --> 00:15:37,400 Speaker 1: naive to think that he's able to address all the 268 00:15:37,440 --> 00:15:41,440 Speaker 1: flaws in his game, but simply being able to do 269 00:15:41,560 --> 00:15:44,440 Speaker 1: something different, to make small modifications to his batting stance 270 00:15:44,480 --> 00:15:47,840 Speaker 1: and holding his hands higher. What was really interesting in 271 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:50,720 Speaker 1: the second to last spring training game that the Marlins 272 00:15:50,760 --> 00:15:54,440 Speaker 1: played is he had that interview with the Fox Sports 273 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:57,560 Speaker 1: Florida broadcast and he made an interesting note of how 274 00:15:57,600 --> 00:15:59,960 Speaker 1: his process has changed at the play. 275 00:16:00,680 --> 00:16:03,120 Speaker 2: Have you made some adjustments that you believe are going 276 00:16:03,160 --> 00:16:06,840 Speaker 2: to help you transition to doing this in Miami consistently? 277 00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:07,120 Speaker 3: Oh? 278 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:11,040 Speaker 4: Absolutely. The first part of everything in hitting and then 279 00:16:11,160 --> 00:16:13,960 Speaker 4: life is trusting yourself. And I finally in a spot 280 00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:15,480 Speaker 4: where I can trust myself, where I can go up 281 00:16:15,520 --> 00:16:17,600 Speaker 4: there and have consistent good at bats and get my 282 00:16:17,600 --> 00:16:19,600 Speaker 4: ace wing off as much as I can as much 283 00:16:19,600 --> 00:16:22,560 Speaker 4: as I need to, and just having a plan. Me 284 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:26,040 Speaker 4: and the hitting coach, Duncan, we have kind of a 285 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:27,720 Speaker 4: routine every time I go up Before I go and 286 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:29,240 Speaker 4: step in the Hondeck circle, I got to tell him 287 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:31,320 Speaker 4: what my plan is. Whether I'm sitting on a curveball 288 00:16:31,440 --> 00:16:34,920 Speaker 4: or fastball or slider, change up, whatever I'm looking for, 289 00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:36,200 Speaker 4: I got to tell him before I go up there, 290 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:39,160 Speaker 4: and it gives me a better idea and helps me 291 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:40,640 Speaker 4: stick to a plan before I go up there. 292 00:16:40,920 --> 00:16:44,840 Speaker 1: Now a new routine with hitting coach Eric Duncan. That 293 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:47,480 Speaker 1: shows me something. It shows me something that someone that 294 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:51,760 Speaker 1: is a former top prospect that for years and years 295 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:54,320 Speaker 1: when he's developing as a player, given reason to believe 296 00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:56,280 Speaker 1: that he would be successful at the major league level, 297 00:16:56,400 --> 00:16:59,720 Speaker 1: and once he's facing that adversity, he has humbled himself 298 00:17:00,160 --> 00:17:02,640 Speaker 1: been able to open himself up to the advice of 299 00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:05,919 Speaker 1: others to try to harness his potential. That's an important 300 00:17:05,960 --> 00:17:08,080 Speaker 1: step that you wouldn't see from a lot of other 301 00:17:08,119 --> 00:17:11,439 Speaker 1: players that had his same pedigree. In the case with Dougger, 302 00:17:11,920 --> 00:17:14,760 Speaker 1: he was being used primarily in the later endings of 303 00:17:14,760 --> 00:17:18,160 Speaker 1: these spring training games. Again, there are some concerns about 304 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:20,720 Speaker 1: the level of competition that he was facing in those games. 305 00:17:20,720 --> 00:17:23,639 Speaker 1: Because you appear in the later endings. That means in 306 00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:26,600 Speaker 1: almost all cases, the starters and the main position players 307 00:17:26,640 --> 00:17:29,280 Speaker 1: are out of the game at that point. So the 308 00:17:29,320 --> 00:17:33,560 Speaker 1: competition that he was facing wouldn't necessarily have the ability 309 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:38,000 Speaker 1: to put the same type of quality swings on him 310 00:17:38,320 --> 00:17:42,720 Speaker 1: that a regular major league player would be. Still, you 311 00:17:42,840 --> 00:17:47,000 Speaker 1: just saw some differences in his pitch quality. Both the 312 00:17:47,040 --> 00:17:50,119 Speaker 1: fastball and the slider, which are the two staples of 313 00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:53,199 Speaker 1: Dugger's pitch mix, looked really sharp. He was able to 314 00:17:53,359 --> 00:17:56,160 Speaker 1: command those pitches well and get ahead in the count 315 00:17:56,280 --> 00:17:59,439 Speaker 1: very frequently. With both those guys, With Brentson and Dougger, 316 00:18:00,119 --> 00:18:03,600 Speaker 1: I believe we saw enough specific changes in their game 317 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:07,639 Speaker 1: during spring training to expect improvement from them once the 318 00:18:07,640 --> 00:18:12,200 Speaker 1: real games begin. Particularly with Brinton, we had that report 319 00:18:12,200 --> 00:18:15,280 Speaker 1: from Craigmish indicating that the Marlins had every intention of 320 00:18:15,320 --> 00:18:18,160 Speaker 1: putting him on the opening day roster, playing him very 321 00:18:18,160 --> 00:18:22,040 Speaker 1: frequently in right field, and ultimately it's going to come 322 00:18:22,040 --> 00:18:24,439 Speaker 1: down to what he's able to do in that limited 323 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:27,600 Speaker 1: opportunity at the major league level. The Marlins have some 324 00:18:27,680 --> 00:18:30,639 Speaker 1: interesting outfield prospects knocking on the door, and we're going 325 00:18:30,680 --> 00:18:32,960 Speaker 1: to get to one or more of those in a moment. 326 00:18:33,440 --> 00:18:35,480 Speaker 1: So the leash is going to be very short for 327 00:18:35,520 --> 00:18:40,159 Speaker 1: both of them, especially in Brinson's case. But there's reason 328 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:43,000 Speaker 1: for hope, that's all I'm saying. Some hope for both 329 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:48,080 Speaker 1: of those guys. Our exposure to right hander Edward Carrera 330 00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:51,080 Speaker 1: during spring training was much more limited, only a couple 331 00:18:51,160 --> 00:18:54,679 Speaker 1: appearances in the Grapefruit League. He did also have some 332 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:58,320 Speaker 1: additional outings on the backfields in Jupiter. Our correspondent Ian 333 00:18:58,400 --> 00:19:01,840 Speaker 1: Smith was on location got some footage of that, playing 334 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:07,240 Speaker 1: intrasquad games against some of the Marlins really dangerous hitting prospects. 335 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:10,320 Speaker 1: You put it all together and it's amazing the kind 336 00:19:10,359 --> 00:19:15,120 Speaker 1: of potential that Kubura has. His pure stuff is frankly 337 00:19:15,359 --> 00:19:18,880 Speaker 1: better than anybody else that is in contention for Marlin's 338 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:23,720 Speaker 1: major league roster spot. During his appearances in exhibition games, 339 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:27,720 Speaker 1: we saw his velocity via stat Cast topping out around 340 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:31,200 Speaker 1: one hundred miles per hour and pretty consistently sitting ninety 341 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:35,280 Speaker 1: eight ninety nine. Those were appearances in February. For him 342 00:19:35,280 --> 00:19:39,000 Speaker 1: in February to be already hitting triple digits in games 343 00:19:39,880 --> 00:19:43,879 Speaker 1: is tantalizing, And when he was pitching on the backfields 344 00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:46,840 Speaker 1: as well, a lot of swing and miss against really 345 00:19:46,880 --> 00:19:50,560 Speaker 1: capable hitters. Between his fastball, his change up in that 346 00:19:50,640 --> 00:19:54,480 Speaker 1: breaking ball, he has three pitches that he's able to 347 00:19:55,080 --> 00:19:59,560 Speaker 1: really dominate with someone that only has very limited experience 348 00:19:59,560 --> 00:20:03,719 Speaker 1: at the double. But it's no secret that several people, 349 00:20:04,280 --> 00:20:08,240 Speaker 1: important decision makers within the Marlins organization they view him 350 00:20:08,280 --> 00:20:11,200 Speaker 1: as the best pitching prospect that the Marlins have, and 351 00:20:11,320 --> 00:20:14,760 Speaker 1: perhaps the best overall prospect that the team has. The 352 00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:19,360 Speaker 1: public belief, and still my own personal opinion is that 353 00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:21,800 Speaker 1: six Do Sanchez is the one guy I have the 354 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:25,440 Speaker 1: utmost faith in. But I understand why it's now somewhat 355 00:20:25,440 --> 00:20:30,160 Speaker 1: of a debate. Cabrera's combination of ability and physicality give 356 00:20:30,240 --> 00:20:33,840 Speaker 1: him a special, special ceiling. I don't think that really 357 00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:35,879 Speaker 1: sunk in for a lot of people until we finally 358 00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:39,320 Speaker 1: got this look of him in Marlin Spring training. All 359 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:41,280 Speaker 1: of a sudden, the bar is raised a little bit, 360 00:20:41,760 --> 00:20:44,919 Speaker 1: and it sparks some really fun conversations about where he 361 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:49,320 Speaker 1: ranks in the Marlins organization and in Major League Baseball overall. 362 00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:52,480 Speaker 1: Someone that you could really see pitching in the top 363 00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:55,920 Speaker 1: of the rotation someday if everything else breaks right for him. 364 00:20:56,920 --> 00:20:59,840 Speaker 1: On that same kind of note, we go to Jazz Chisholm, 365 00:21:00,520 --> 00:21:03,760 Speaker 1: the dynamic shortstop of the Marlins, acquired in a trade 366 00:21:03,840 --> 00:21:07,600 Speaker 1: last July for Zach Gallen. Very unpopular trade, I would 367 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:12,160 Speaker 1: say at the time, considering how Gallan had acclimated very 368 00:21:12,160 --> 00:21:14,439 Speaker 1: well to the major league level all of a sudden, 369 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:17,240 Speaker 1: and now rolling the dice on someone like Chisholm, who 370 00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:19,560 Speaker 1: at the time was struggling with his production at the 371 00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:22,600 Speaker 1: Double A level. Everything that Jazz has done since the 372 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:25,199 Speaker 1: trade has given us more and more reason to be 373 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:28,400 Speaker 1: excited about his fit with the Marlins long term. It's 374 00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:30,919 Speaker 1: a cliche, but he really sets the tone for the 375 00:21:31,080 --> 00:21:33,640 Speaker 1: entire team when he's on the field. You could see 376 00:21:33,680 --> 00:21:36,400 Speaker 1: it in his minor league games last year with Jacksonville, 377 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:41,240 Speaker 1: but it's even more apparent during spring training how infectious 378 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:44,320 Speaker 1: he is and how comfortable he is with the Marlins too. 379 00:21:44,760 --> 00:21:46,919 Speaker 3: What's it been like for you, just getting used to 380 00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:49,119 Speaker 3: a new organization, new way of doing things. 381 00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:52,120 Speaker 5: I mean, it's been amazing. Man, coming over to Miami 382 00:21:52,320 --> 00:21:56,040 Speaker 5: feels like home. I mean, I'm out here in spring 383 00:21:56,080 --> 00:21:57,880 Speaker 5: training and I feel like I'm back in the Bahamas, 384 00:21:58,200 --> 00:21:59,760 Speaker 5: like working out in the off season. So I feel 385 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:01,679 Speaker 5: like it's it's amazing getting to know the new guys. 386 00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:04,800 Speaker 5: You need to know the front office and the staff 387 00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:05,600 Speaker 5: and everybody here. 388 00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:06,159 Speaker 2: It's amazing. 389 00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:07,120 Speaker 5: It's like a family here. 390 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:11,040 Speaker 1: Entering his age twenty two season, the future is still 391 00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:13,600 Speaker 1: bright with him still an opportunity to fill out his 392 00:22:13,640 --> 00:22:16,720 Speaker 1: frame and hit for even more power in game, although 393 00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:19,520 Speaker 1: he did hit one of the most emphatic home runs 394 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:22,159 Speaker 1: for the Marlins during the Grapefruit League before he was 395 00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:23,960 Speaker 1: optioned down to Triple A. 396 00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:28,640 Speaker 3: Here's a high fly ball. This is well tagged Fowler 397 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:31,879 Speaker 3: back looking up. It is up, up and away and 398 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:34,840 Speaker 3: a home run up into the office section of the 399 00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:41,200 Speaker 3: Kidinal building beyond right field and Jazz goes deep well 400 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:43,400 Speaker 3: the first time in spring training. 401 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:47,399 Speaker 1: Still has that risky profile where you could see a 402 00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:52,240 Speaker 1: situation that maybe he just simply doesn't get on base 403 00:22:52,320 --> 00:22:55,040 Speaker 1: the way you want him to to be an everyday player, 404 00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:59,560 Speaker 1: But there are other scenarios where he's the face of 405 00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:03,040 Speaker 1: the franch long term, and I think at this point 406 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:06,080 Speaker 1: it's a lot easier for everybody to understand why the 407 00:23:06,080 --> 00:23:08,879 Speaker 1: Marlins made the trade that they did in order to 408 00:23:08,920 --> 00:23:12,320 Speaker 1: get him. On the more discouraging side, we have to 409 00:23:12,440 --> 00:23:16,080 Speaker 1: mention outfielder Victor Victor Mesa. This was his second year 410 00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:18,880 Speaker 1: in Marlin's Major league spring training, in the second traight 411 00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:22,840 Speaker 1: year that he barely played in games. In twenty nineteen, 412 00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:25,520 Speaker 1: the issue was a minor hamstring injury that he suffered 413 00:23:25,560 --> 00:23:28,480 Speaker 1: during a game. In this case, he was really brought 414 00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:30,680 Speaker 1: to the camp as an afterthought in the first place. 415 00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:33,520 Speaker 1: They've just had a handful of other outfielders in the 416 00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:38,480 Speaker 1: organization surpass him as a priority for the Marlins long term. 417 00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:43,639 Speaker 1: Coming off an awful twenty nineteen season, primarily played with 418 00:23:43,720 --> 00:23:47,159 Speaker 1: the Jupiter Hammerheads, but then went on to Jacksonville in 419 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:49,880 Speaker 1: the Arizona Fall League and simply didn't show the kind 420 00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:53,800 Speaker 1: of hitting ability and some of the other intangibles that 421 00:23:53,840 --> 00:23:57,679 Speaker 1: you want to see from a future major leaguer. Only 422 00:23:57,800 --> 00:24:00,280 Speaker 1: stuck around in major league camp for a couple of 423 00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:05,240 Speaker 1: weeks this time around before being reassigned, and I think 424 00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:08,120 Speaker 1: it's just apparent from his usage in spring training games. 425 00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:10,879 Speaker 1: He did not start a single Grapefruit League game for 426 00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:13,679 Speaker 1: the Marlins. Just about everybody else got a chance to 427 00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:16,480 Speaker 1: start on the position player side at some point, but 428 00:24:16,680 --> 00:24:20,800 Speaker 1: Victor Victor did not before getting reassigned that he just 429 00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:22,960 Speaker 1: seems to be a low priority for the team at 430 00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:25,680 Speaker 1: this point, that despite the commitment they made to him 431 00:24:26,200 --> 00:24:30,480 Speaker 1: five point twenty five million dollars signing bonus. The largest 432 00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:35,239 Speaker 1: and recent memory for Marlins international free agent. Despite all that, 433 00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:39,879 Speaker 1: it comes down to realizing who he has been since 434 00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:43,080 Speaker 1: that acquisition. Less than a year and a half removed. 435 00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:46,960 Speaker 1: Since that signing, he simply has not been who they 436 00:24:46,960 --> 00:24:50,879 Speaker 1: thought they were getting. Two final players to touch on 437 00:24:50,960 --> 00:24:56,640 Speaker 1: from spring training, outfielder Jesus Sanchez and left hander Alex Vesia. 438 00:24:57,320 --> 00:25:00,119 Speaker 1: Both those guys look ready for the majors right now. 439 00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:03,720 Speaker 1: I was amazed by them. With Jesus, it was both 440 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:06,840 Speaker 1: during the games and also on the backfields where he 441 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:11,359 Speaker 1: put on arguably the most impressive batting practice shows of 442 00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:15,920 Speaker 1: anybody in Marlin's camp. With Vesia comes down to simple results. 443 00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:18,720 Speaker 1: He's someone that if you're dating back to the middle 444 00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:24,800 Speaker 1: of the twenty nineteen regular season with Jupiter with Jacksonville 445 00:25:24,840 --> 00:25:27,440 Speaker 1: in the Arizona Fall League, now in spring trending, it's 446 00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:32,120 Speaker 1: a scoreless inning streak that dates more than forty consecutive 447 00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:36,320 Speaker 1: innings without allowing a run in games. 448 00:25:35,560 --> 00:25:40,040 Speaker 2: Saturday afternoon, hope you can join us as the Marlins 449 00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:43,399 Speaker 2: have one again, their twelfth win up the spring, a 450 00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:47,240 Speaker 2: three to one win this afternoon runs in the second 451 00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:51,719 Speaker 2: and fourth as Don Mattingly's bunch shaking hands after another 452 00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:54,320 Speaker 2: spring training win, fuck. 453 00:25:54,560 --> 00:25:57,520 Speaker 1: He makes it look so easy out there. It's it's 454 00:25:57,600 --> 00:26:01,959 Speaker 1: not the filthiest raw stuff, but it's the combination of 455 00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:05,960 Speaker 1: commands and other attributes of his pitches. It's the high 456 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:09,600 Speaker 1: spin rate on his fastball, it's disguising the change up 457 00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:12,920 Speaker 1: and having that tunnel very well off his fastball, and 458 00:26:13,119 --> 00:26:17,200 Speaker 1: it's the slider to neutralize same handed hitters coming from 459 00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:22,080 Speaker 1: the left side. Overall, it's laughable how long he's gone 460 00:26:22,119 --> 00:26:26,760 Speaker 1: since allowing a run, and the ripple effect of having 461 00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:31,080 Speaker 1: this delayed season is further stretching out the time span 462 00:26:31,600 --> 00:26:33,760 Speaker 1: that he's gone since allowing a run. It's been since 463 00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:36,840 Speaker 1: July twenty nineteen. By the time things get up and 464 00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:39,800 Speaker 1: running in baseball, he'll be closing in on a full 465 00:26:39,920 --> 00:26:44,240 Speaker 1: calendar year of being healthy and yet making dozens of 466 00:26:44,280 --> 00:26:49,600 Speaker 1: appearances in games and keeping that scoreless streak. Intact, both 467 00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:52,480 Speaker 1: guys were long shots to make the Marlins opening day roster. 468 00:26:52,640 --> 00:26:55,480 Speaker 1: In fact, Hasu's had already been optioned to Triple A 469 00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:58,560 Speaker 1: Wichita to begin the year. But I would hope to 470 00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:00,959 Speaker 1: see them during the first half of this upcoming season 471 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:04,080 Speaker 1: because they're going to help the Marlins win games, plain 472 00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:11,399 Speaker 1: and simple. The next steps for fist stripes are sort 473 00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:13,840 Speaker 1: of up in the air. The top priority has to 474 00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:16,880 Speaker 1: be making sure that our audience and my staff are 475 00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:21,200 Speaker 1: safe and healthy and being responsible and doing their part 476 00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:28,400 Speaker 1: to help society get through this crisis. As for new content, obviously, 477 00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:30,800 Speaker 1: we're not going to speculate too much about the twenty 478 00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:34,280 Speaker 1: twenty Marlin season until we get some clarity as to 479 00:27:34,359 --> 00:27:39,040 Speaker 1: win that it could approximately begin and what rule changes 480 00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:41,680 Speaker 1: we might expect for the baseball season, how that could 481 00:27:41,720 --> 00:27:44,320 Speaker 1: be different than a standard one hundred and sixty two 482 00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:47,600 Speaker 1: games slate, assuming that the season is shortened to a 483 00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:51,719 Speaker 1: certain degree. Beginning this Tuesday, you can look forward to 484 00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:56,160 Speaker 1: the Marlins Games of the Decade series, looking back at 485 00:27:56,240 --> 00:28:00,880 Speaker 1: the most memorable individual contests from twenty ten to twenty nineteen. 486 00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:04,199 Speaker 1: In looking back on that, we'll try to provide the 487 00:28:04,320 --> 00:28:07,800 Speaker 1: proper context for what was going on around the Marlins 488 00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:10,879 Speaker 1: entering the game, some of the key players that impacted 489 00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:15,160 Speaker 1: that particular game, and where those players are now. Yeah, 490 00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:18,280 Speaker 1: one hundred percent of the games spoiler alert, one hundred 491 00:28:18,280 --> 00:28:21,800 Speaker 1: percent of them will be Marlins wins. That's the ones 492 00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:23,840 Speaker 1: that we want to be reliving as the games of 493 00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:27,520 Speaker 1: the Marlins we're able to actually come out of there successfully. 494 00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:31,160 Speaker 1: And another big surprise that I hope you guys appreciate 495 00:28:31,240 --> 00:28:34,359 Speaker 1: is we've been able to acquire the full footage of 496 00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:38,640 Speaker 1: these games, full broadcasts, every single pitch of those games, 497 00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:43,640 Speaker 1: all the commentary with very limited commercial interruption whenever possible, 498 00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:47,680 Speaker 1: attempting to acquire the Fox Sports Florida version of those broadcasts, 499 00:28:47,880 --> 00:28:51,000 Speaker 1: the ones that in most cases were hosted by the 500 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:54,840 Speaker 1: combination of Rich Waltz and Tommy Hutton, the best duo 501 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:58,400 Speaker 1: that we've had calling games in the history of Marlins 502 00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:01,520 Speaker 1: TV broadcasts. Stay tuned for that. The first one coming 503 00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:04,240 Speaker 1: up on Tuesday. It's going to be a game from 504 00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:08,000 Speaker 1: twenty eighteen. But we're going to be bouncing around everything 505 00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:10,640 Speaker 1: throughout the decade, the games that meant a lot to 506 00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:13,160 Speaker 1: us and ones that are hopefully a lot of fun 507 00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:18,440 Speaker 1: to relive in their entirety. Open to hearing your suggestions. 508 00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:21,440 Speaker 1: We've already identified a lot of the games and acquired 509 00:29:21,480 --> 00:29:23,760 Speaker 1: some of the footage to be used during the coming 510 00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:26,920 Speaker 1: weeks and months to get us through this delay in 511 00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:30,480 Speaker 1: the season, but I'm interested in hearing some of your nominations. 512 00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:33,600 Speaker 1: Games from the last decade that really stuck with you 513 00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:37,360 Speaker 1: that you think the rest of the fish strip's audience 514 00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:39,959 Speaker 1: is going to really enjoy. So your suggestions are very 515 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:43,440 Speaker 1: welcome in the comments on fishtripes dot com. You can 516 00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:47,160 Speaker 1: find us on social media, and be sure to subscribe 517 00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:48,920 Speaker 1: to the pod because we're going to continue to do 518 00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:52,720 Speaker 1: podcasting at the same frequency, if not even more of 519 00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:58,040 Speaker 1: frequency than we had entering the season, in order to 520 00:29:58,080 --> 00:30:03,400 Speaker 1: get everybody in goods spirits throughout these very strange times 521 00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:07,160 Speaker 1: that we're living in. Stay positive, stay safe. This is 522 00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:27,880 Speaker 1: Elias's husband. Go fish