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Speaker 2: Draft Day has arrived. The Marlin stuck to their plan

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Speaker 2: and while we love the draft here at ETS, we're

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Speaker 2: not the only ones because quite frankly, whether you look

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Speaker 2: at Fangrabs or Baseball America are twenty eighty or put

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Speaker 2: your TV on MOLB Network, it seems like everyone's loving

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Speaker 2: what they're doing. As always, my name is Danny Martinez

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Speaker 2: alongside Ian and Ethan brothers. Tell me how excited we

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Speaker 2: are about what we're seeing on drafts.

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Speaker 3: What a day? I mean, I'm so relieved that this

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Speaker 3: day is came and we have JJ Bladay in the

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Speaker 3: system as soon to be in the system when he signs.

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Speaker 3: But man, I'm excited. I mean, I'm glad. We talked

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Speaker 3: about this week's ago. I'm tried to you guys, get

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Speaker 3: He's here, he's in Miami and let's do it.

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Speaker 4: Yeah. I'm really excited because, like you said, Danny, like

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Speaker 4: they just stuck to the plan. You know, you saw

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Speaker 4: the philosophy that they had coming into the draft. I

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Speaker 4: mean all the way up until round ten, which our

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Speaker 4: pick just happened. Now, everything that we said the Morlands

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Speaker 4: had to do in this draft is really what we did.

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Speaker 4: And we'll get to that as we look at, you know,

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Speaker 4: the picks individually and stuff. But I mean, it's just

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Speaker 4: it's very exciting and I'm so excited about Bladey, like

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Speaker 4: like Ian said, and I think we did a really

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Speaker 4: great job of doing what we needed to do. And

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Speaker 4: it's good to see that the awareness that the front

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and it's beautiful to see. And I really it's

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Speaker 2: not to even put shade on the other ownerships, but

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Speaker 2: when was the last time that we went through a draft?

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Speaker 4: Right?

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Speaker 2: And it's still going But through the heavy portion of

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Speaker 2: the draft and really could see the plan taking place,

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Speaker 2: you know, the underslat versus the overslot, trying to get money,

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Speaker 2: we'll talk about in a second. It was a beautiful,

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Speaker 2: beautiful method and they've they've they've just done it correctly.

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Speaker 2: They've done it correctly. And we're going to start off

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Speaker 2: at the top because it is the day day in Miami,

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Speaker 2: all right, We're excited about what he brings forward. This

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Speaker 2: has been Ian's guy from the beginning, So sir, you

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Speaker 2: have the floor. Tell everybody how the franchise changed by

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Speaker 2: taking the day at number four.

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Speaker 3: Well, I think JJ boday instantly. He is the best

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Speaker 3: hitter in the Marlin system today. He brings an advanced

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Speaker 4: Always better second guy off the tea right, Oh wow,

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Speaker 2: Of the pen. JJ Blade leads a nation in home runs.

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Speaker 3: He profiles to the right fielder as of right now,

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Speaker 3: the game. I know everybody was excited about Andrew Vaughan

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Speaker 3: the ball. But I think JJ Bday was the absolute

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Speaker 3: right pick for this Marlin system. He brings something that

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Speaker 3: it's just the constant work he's put in into his career.

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Speaker 3: He started off at Vanderbilt as a top prospect and

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Speaker 3: got there, it's just it's literally just been sticking to

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, I love the pick too, And the

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Speaker 1: You know.

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Speaker 4: We went with something that's proven, something that's there, and

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Speaker 4: to attack in this draft was finding hitters, finding impact

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Speaker 4: because we've been missing that all year and Bladet brings

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Speaker 4: the twenty six home runs, he's leading the country and

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Speaker 4: the really great thing is he plays at a great

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Speaker 4: the SEC is the best conference in the country. And

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Speaker 4: the fact that he's shown the ability to hit it

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Speaker 4: I mean, for because of the player, but also I mean,

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Speaker 4: it's perfect. I can hear it rolling off the tongue

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Speaker 4: So I'm really really excited about this pick, and I

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Speaker 4: it was just great. It was really exciting when I

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Speaker 2: Yeah, the name is a marketing dream for the Marlins slowly,

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Speaker 2: I mean, you know, Ian and I spoke about it

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Speaker 2: take Ken Griffey Junior's words for it. As soon as

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Speaker 2: Bludet was drafted and he's there trying to do a

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Speaker 2: quick assessment, a quick cameo. Really entertainment purposes more than

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Speaker 2: anything about his swing, and he says it's beautiful. Stay

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Speaker 2: exactly like that. I mean, it's a beautiful swing. He's

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Speaker 2: I think it was either Craig Missia Joefersar. Someone said

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Speaker 2: Bluday has always been the guy. So I mean, yes,

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Speaker 2: I'm going to replicate everything y'all said. It's damn exciting

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Speaker 3: I don't think there's gonna be any reason not to

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Speaker 3: he's facing the best pitching in baseball. We had the

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Speaker 3: he's still playing in the College Wood Series and like

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I agree. I think Jupiter would be a great

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Speaker 4: And I think bringing a guy around like that can

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Speaker 4: this kid had a four to sixty seven OBP this

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Speaker 4: it's also the approach in the ability that this guy's

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Speaker 2: Really, yeah, he's that advanced al that college advanced approach

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Speaker 2: I want both of y'all to take a swing at this.

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Speaker 2: When do you think you could see him at Marlins Park?

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Speaker 2: This is a college bat advanced approach. I don't want

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Speaker 2: are thinking it. How early would you say his ETA is?

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Speaker 3: I know you can hear you can hear the advanced

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Speaker 3: just to see him up there next year in Miami

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Speaker 3: playing baseball. I fully believe it'll be twenty twenty one.

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Speaker 3: path right now, I mean, doesn't seem to be the same.

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Speaker 3: Let's rush guys up and get a flash in the pan.

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Speaker 3: I think it's really going to They're really going to

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Speaker 3: give this time. Give him a year and a year and

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Speaker 3: a half to get acclimated in the minor leagues. He's

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Speaker 3: only got I think sixty sixty games total with wood bats,

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Speaker 3: so let him get in there. And swing a wood

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I think that's the safe bet. You know, maybe

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Speaker 3: I mean, I think this is what you said right there,

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Speaker 4: Yeah. For me, this is another sticking to the plan

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Speaker 3: Just the.

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Speaker 4: Thought process behind the pick. Don't really know too much

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Speaker 2: Yeah, they stuck to the plan. I mean, you're gonna

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Speaker 2: I mean, it's a beautiful thing. The guy six ft five,

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Speaker 2: Like Ethan said, I was again ecstatic with it, and

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Speaker 3: No, I mean I completely agree on the steals and

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Speaker 3: And I'm really I mean, this is another guy we

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Speaker 2: There with you.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I think I think he might not start in

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Speaker 4: So that's when you know.

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Speaker 2: It's a win, all right. So this is my draft darling,

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Speaker 3: I liked him when we started doing some draft coverage,

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Speaker 3: So that's special. Nine one hundred and sixty pounds with

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Speaker 3: I'm supposed to, but I think the kid's really good,

432
00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:47,159
Speaker 3: and I think he's getting overlooked in the town he

433
00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:50,440
Speaker 3: has and the power he has, and I'm really really

434
00:20:50,440 --> 00:20:51,880
Speaker 3: happy we got him at forty six.

435
00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:55,840
Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm glad you mentioned devers Ian because when I

436
00:20:56,040 --> 00:20:59,719
Speaker 4: started looking into this pick, that's who I saw right

437
00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:04,200
Speaker 4: away is Jose Devers. I think, very similar makeup, developing

438
00:21:04,359 --> 00:21:09,040
Speaker 4: hit tool, and maybe even better defense. I mean, Pipeline

439
00:21:09,080 --> 00:21:11,880
Speaker 4: called him, you know, he has gold glove potential at

440
00:21:11,880 --> 00:21:14,760
Speaker 4: short and they called him a shoe in to stick there,

441
00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:17,439
Speaker 4: so you know, there's no question whether he would have

442
00:21:17,480 --> 00:21:20,560
Speaker 4: to move to second base or somewhere else. This kid's

443
00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:23,160
Speaker 4: going to be a shortstop in the future and he's

444
00:21:23,240 --> 00:21:26,400
Speaker 4: going to play gold glove defense for you. So that's exciting.

445
00:21:26,640 --> 00:21:31,440
Speaker 4: The thing that interests me is this is the one pick.

446
00:21:31,560 --> 00:21:33,760
Speaker 4: It seems kind of except for the few pitchers that

447
00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:37,280
Speaker 4: we took later that kind of strays away from the plan, right,

448
00:21:37,720 --> 00:21:40,840
Speaker 4: So you know, The plan was college bat, college bat

449
00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:46,160
Speaker 4: power power approach, and that happened throughout these first ten

450
00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:49,840
Speaker 4: picks that we have completed now except for here, And

451
00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:52,720
Speaker 4: I think that goes to show how much the Marlins

452
00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:55,440
Speaker 4: really love this guy. And I think Craig Mish was

453
00:21:55,480 --> 00:21:57,720
Speaker 4: the one who talked about it on Twitter that these guys,

454
00:21:58,160 --> 00:22:00,920
Speaker 4: the guys in the front office were going crazy over him.

455
00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:03,720
Speaker 4: And I can see that because this seems like a

456
00:22:03,760 --> 00:22:06,200
Speaker 4: Denvo special. I was calling it on Twitter last night,

457
00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:11,520
Speaker 4: athletic up the middle guy who it's gonna play great

458
00:22:11,600 --> 00:22:14,600
Speaker 4: defense and is going to provide a lot of athleticism

459
00:22:14,720 --> 00:22:19,520
Speaker 4: up the middle. But it needs work on the hitting

460
00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:22,239
Speaker 4: side of things, and it's a work in progress. So

461
00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:24,360
Speaker 4: that's why it kind of reminds me of Devers, and

462
00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:27,359
Speaker 4: Devers can hit. So if he can turn into a

463
00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:30,720
Speaker 4: host's a Devers type guy, or like you said, Ian,

464
00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:34,640
Speaker 4: if he can kind of make an Albeast like impact,

465
00:22:35,119 --> 00:22:37,320
Speaker 4: I think that would be really really I mean, that

466
00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:40,560
Speaker 4: would obviously be you know, if he becomes Ozzy Albeast,

467
00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:43,000
Speaker 4: I mean that would be amazing. But I think it's

468
00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:46,119
Speaker 4: it's one of those projects that denbo is really excited about.

469
00:22:46,119 --> 00:22:49,000
Speaker 4: It seems like and I think there's there's pretty good

470
00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:51,680
Speaker 4: value in this pick. So we kind of straight away

471
00:22:51,720 --> 00:22:53,720
Speaker 4: from the plan here, which at first I'm like, yeah,

472
00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:57,080
Speaker 4: I don't know about this. You know, another high school

473
00:22:57,560 --> 00:23:00,480
Speaker 4: prep guy, you know, project. But it was the second

474
00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:02,840
Speaker 4: round pick. You know, we didn't take a project with

475
00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:06,600
Speaker 4: the first pick. And I trust Denbo to work on

476
00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:09,520
Speaker 4: these projects, so a lot of time to develop. He's

477
00:23:09,520 --> 00:23:11,800
Speaker 4: only you know, he's a senior Knights coming out of

478
00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:15,560
Speaker 4: his senior in high school, and you know he's going

479
00:23:15,640 --> 00:23:17,280
Speaker 4: to get the chance to develop. So it's going to

480
00:23:17,320 --> 00:23:19,760
Speaker 4: take a while. But I'm excited for this. I think

481
00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:21,320
Speaker 4: it's a good pick, good value.

482
00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:25,639
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean nunya is the pick excites me. Something

483
00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:27,560
Speaker 2: to talk about him is that he is the first

484
00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:33,120
Speaker 2: introduction to what we might call signability concerns in this draft. Now,

485
00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:34,640
Speaker 2: I think at the end of the day, I see

486
00:23:34,760 --> 00:23:37,720
Speaker 2: Nunyas is a Mimmy Marlin. Okay, but he is currently

487
00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:40,600
Speaker 2: committed to Clemson. Clemson has a very good baseball program.

488
00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:42,880
Speaker 2: They're going to fight hard to keep him, which means

489
00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:44,600
Speaker 2: that the Marlins are going to have to pay hard

490
00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:48,439
Speaker 2: to keep him. And that's why the next two picks,

491
00:23:48,440 --> 00:23:51,080
Speaker 2: and really the theme that we now start seeing moving forward,

492
00:23:51,119 --> 00:23:54,000
Speaker 2: with the exception of maybe two picks later on in

493
00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:57,560
Speaker 2: the rounds, was what Ian and I alluded to in

494
00:23:57,840 --> 00:24:00,680
Speaker 2: the preview, which is you have to some time manipulate

495
00:24:00,760 --> 00:24:03,000
Speaker 2: with your slot value and you have to go a

496
00:24:03,040 --> 00:24:04,840
Speaker 2: little bit under slot. That doesn't mean you don't like

497
00:24:04,880 --> 00:24:06,359
Speaker 2: the player, but you have to go a little bit

498
00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:08,720
Speaker 2: under slot to be able to gain more capital, to

499
00:24:08,760 --> 00:24:10,919
Speaker 2: be able to buy a not seeing Nunyaz and a

500
00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:12,959
Speaker 2: picture that we're going to talk about in a second.

501
00:24:13,480 --> 00:24:16,760
Speaker 2: These next two picks kind of fit that mold. At

502
00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:20,680
Speaker 2: eighty two they got Peyton Burdick under slot value, seventy

503
00:24:20,680 --> 00:24:22,439
Speaker 2: grade raw power. We're going to talk about him in

504
00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:25,000
Speaker 2: a second. And at one eleven they got a first baseman,

505
00:24:25,040 --> 00:24:28,840
Speaker 2: Evan Edwards, again under slot again more lefty power, also

506
00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:31,240
Speaker 2: going to talk about him. But the reason why they

507
00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:33,960
Speaker 2: go under slot here, and you correct me if I'm wrong,

508
00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:36,680
Speaker 2: is to try to save some money to get Nunyez

509
00:24:36,960 --> 00:24:42,240
Speaker 2: to come out of his commitment to Clemson, right, Yeah,

510
00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:44,680
Speaker 2: And that's not to say that they're not value, right,

511
00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:47,719
Speaker 2: They are good players. I mean, both of these players

512
00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:50,280
Speaker 2: put up incredible numbers, and I'm going to let Ian

513
00:24:50,359 --> 00:24:54,080
Speaker 2: go at it first, but at eighty two, Peyton Verdick

514
00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:55,520
Speaker 2: can't say.

515
00:24:55,359 --> 00:24:57,280
Speaker 3: I knew a lot about this kid prior to the pick,

516
00:24:57,359 --> 00:25:01,960
Speaker 3: but he's got some stupid stats across as I mean,

517
00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:05,160
Speaker 3: the kid is just tore the cover off the ball.

518
00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:06,960
Speaker 3: He's been playing at Wright State, which is in the

519
00:25:07,040 --> 00:25:10,280
Speaker 3: Rising League. It's not the biggest of conferences. It's not

520
00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:14,680
Speaker 3: the top talent, but he's done what you're supposed to do.

521
00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:18,400
Speaker 3: He's played baseball and he's done it at a high level.

522
00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:20,440
Speaker 3: I mean, he doesn't play down to the people who's

523
00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:23,440
Speaker 3: been playing against, and he's looked really good. I mean

524
00:25:23,560 --> 00:25:26,240
Speaker 3: I saw Baseball America post that he had a seventy

525
00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:31,359
Speaker 3: grade raw power what that. But I was quite taken

526
00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:34,000
Speaker 3: back by that, Like yeah, I mean, I mean I'm

527
00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:36,439
Speaker 3: not ready to see that, you know, like that's something

528
00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:41,879
Speaker 3: you don't expect out of a college bat and that no, exactly,

529
00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:44,920
Speaker 3: That's what I'm saying. Seventy grade is very good. I mean,

530
00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:48,359
Speaker 3: he has an extremely advanced approach that played. He walked

531
00:25:48,359 --> 00:25:50,760
Speaker 3: sixty times this past year and only struck out thirty

532
00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:54,320
Speaker 3: four times. I mean, he stole twenty three bags. He's

533
00:25:54,359 --> 00:25:56,600
Speaker 3: got a lot of abilities. He played the cape cod

534
00:25:56,680 --> 00:26:00,680
Speaker 3: leer last year and showed a little bit a little

535
00:26:00,720 --> 00:26:02,600
Speaker 3: bit up a high strikeout rate, but he still had

536
00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:05,120
Speaker 3: an OVP of three point fifty one. He hit five

537
00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:08,560
Speaker 3: home runs, and he really really showed what kind of

538
00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:11,120
Speaker 3: like his floor would be in a in a minor

539
00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:13,439
Speaker 3: league system. But I think this is a great value

540
00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:15,600
Speaker 3: pick at eighty two. I think if they can get

541
00:26:15,640 --> 00:26:17,920
Speaker 3: him for a couple hundred grand on our slot, that's

542
00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:21,680
Speaker 3: immensely better. And this is gonna be special. I mean,

543
00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:24,200
Speaker 3: he can be another player that can just be another

544
00:26:24,280 --> 00:26:26,640
Speaker 3: power bat into the lineup. Like like Ethan's been talking

545
00:26:26,680 --> 00:26:29,200
Speaker 3: about sticking to the plan, and this is another player

546
00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:32,119
Speaker 3: who's stuck to the plan. And I came under slot.

547
00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:34,680
Speaker 3: So that's amazing and I'm happy to see it.

548
00:26:36,160 --> 00:26:38,119
Speaker 4: Yeah, like Ian said, I'm not going to pretend to

549
00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:40,000
Speaker 4: know too much about this guy, you know, because I

550
00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:42,640
Speaker 4: really didn't. But I mean, when you look at these numbers,

551
00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:46,440
Speaker 4: his slash line this year is just absurd. Uh. I'm

552
00:26:46,440 --> 00:26:48,960
Speaker 4: gonna read it off to you just so just it's

553
00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:52,720
Speaker 4: just absurd. Four oh seven, five thirty eight, seven, twenty

554
00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:56,560
Speaker 4: nine and that's good for one point two sixty seven ops,

555
00:26:56,640 --> 00:27:00,639
Speaker 4: fifteen homers, eighteen doubles, seventy two RBI and like Ian said,

556
00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:04,879
Speaker 4: sixty walks in thirty five strikeouts, that's just absurd to me.

557
00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:07,160
Speaker 4: It's just an advanced approach and it shows that we're

558
00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:09,399
Speaker 4: sticking to the plan. And that's why I really like

559
00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:12,280
Speaker 4: this pick. You guys know, I obsessed about guys that

560
00:27:12,359 --> 00:27:15,399
Speaker 4: have obps and high obps and take a lot of walks,

561
00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:18,080
Speaker 4: and this is another guy that does that and can

562
00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:21,240
Speaker 4: show some power. So, like I keep saying, you know,

563
00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:25,240
Speaker 4: sticking to the plan, it's a pick that shows the

564
00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:28,680
Speaker 4: awareness that this organization has for the system and where

565
00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:32,159
Speaker 4: it's at. And I like this pick based you know,

566
00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:34,680
Speaker 4: based off these numbers. I think this is the kind

567
00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:38,639
Speaker 4: of guy that the Marlins needed. And number eighty eight, come.

568
00:27:38,520 --> 00:27:43,640
Speaker 2: On, now, is you know the you know, the confident

569
00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:45,080
Speaker 2: you need to pull a double eight man?

570
00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:49,920
Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, or like fifty one, like the day packer

571
00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:51,679
Speaker 4: number out here, Like I don't know what's.

572
00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:53,920
Speaker 3: Gonna happen with that with the day Like if if

573
00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:56,119
Speaker 3: he's gonna wear fifty one of the majors, I'm excited

574
00:27:56,119 --> 00:27:56,640
Speaker 3: to see.

575
00:27:57,160 --> 00:27:59,720
Speaker 4: That's got to let him keep stash. And he's got

576
00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:01,440
Speaker 4: to keep stash too, Dude.

577
00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:03,400
Speaker 3: The stash is going to be a selling point Miami.

578
00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:07,560
Speaker 3: Can we so much merchandise off the stash? It's gonna

579
00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:08,000
Speaker 3: be dumb.

580
00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:11,600
Speaker 4: Can we put JJ his full name on the back

581
00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:14,159
Speaker 4: of his jersey, like instead of just Bloday, can we

582
00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:17,520
Speaker 4: put JJ blade so that you read it all every

583
00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:18,440
Speaker 4: time you look at the kids.

584
00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:20,680
Speaker 2: Look, it's the least that the commissioner can do after

585
00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:23,959
Speaker 2: calling him j D blude to say the name right

586
00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:26,359
Speaker 2: that he couldn't even know that he's you know, with

587
00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:30,480
Speaker 2: the fourth pick, the Mimmy Marlins. So like j D JJ, he.

588
00:28:30,440 --> 00:28:32,920
Speaker 3: Messed up twice in the first ten picks.

589
00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:35,560
Speaker 2: Like, come on, let the guy. Let the guy keep

590
00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:39,360
Speaker 2: JJ bled on the back of his jersey. I'm gonna

591
00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:41,640
Speaker 2: I'm gonna pair Verdick with the next pick, which is

592
00:28:41,640 --> 00:28:45,360
Speaker 2: one eleven. First baseman Evan Edwards also underslot more lefty

593
00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:48,640
Speaker 2: powers forty five homers in one hundred and seventy three games.

594
00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:51,760
Speaker 2: You know, Ian might have a conversation about him being

595
00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:54,280
Speaker 2: a Juco transfer. But I want to really highlight one

596
00:28:54,320 --> 00:28:57,720
Speaker 2: thing here. You know, the listener could be listening and say,

597
00:28:57,960 --> 00:29:00,360
Speaker 2: oh great, they just got more guys with power and

598
00:29:00,360 --> 00:29:04,200
Speaker 2: holes in their swing. Nope, this isn't This isn't the

599
00:29:04,720 --> 00:29:08,280
Speaker 2: kind of prospect they were targeting. Both of these guys

600
00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:10,960
Speaker 2: have immense power, and we get it. It might not

601
00:29:11,040 --> 00:29:13,520
Speaker 2: translate over to the pro level and college you should

602
00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:15,960
Speaker 2: be walking around the same rate that you're striking out

603
00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:19,840
Speaker 2: pictures don't have that same control. But man, the fact

604
00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:21,600
Speaker 2: that these guys are getting on base the way that

605
00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:25,120
Speaker 2: they are with that power shows that they're not overswinging it.

606
00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:28,480
Speaker 2: To me, you know, Ethan you said earlier, power, power, power,

607
00:29:28,520 --> 00:29:30,520
Speaker 2: I agree. I'll add hit tool, hit tool, hit tool.

608
00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:35,239
Speaker 2: They have targeted hit hitters that have power instead of

609
00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:38,120
Speaker 2: just really loud tools that hopefully we can develop hitting

610
00:29:38,480 --> 00:29:41,320
Speaker 2: and and I love that. I love that they have said,

611
00:29:41,320 --> 00:29:43,920
Speaker 2: you know what, we went really volatile before. We're not

612
00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:45,720
Speaker 2: going to try to teach hitting anymore. You're going to

613
00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:47,760
Speaker 2: show me that you know how to hit, and we're

614
00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:49,880
Speaker 2: going to see that power translate. And to me, that's

615
00:29:49,960 --> 00:29:51,160
Speaker 2: that's a beautiful situation.

616
00:29:51,920 --> 00:29:54,360
Speaker 4: Yeah, these these kind of slash lines that we keep

617
00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:58,120
Speaker 4: pulling out, I mean, look at Edwards three thirty four four,

618
00:29:58,320 --> 00:30:01,320
Speaker 4: Like that's just a pure hitter slash line, you know

619
00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:03,120
Speaker 4: what I mean. That's not a pop guy. That's not

620
00:30:03,440 --> 00:30:06,440
Speaker 4: a Kyle Schwarber slash line who you know is hitting

621
00:30:06,440 --> 00:30:09,480
Speaker 4: two twenty but has a three fifty OVP and a

622
00:30:09,560 --> 00:30:12,600
Speaker 4: five hundred slugging percentage or you know even higher. These

623
00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:15,560
Speaker 4: are pure hitter slash lines who you know might be

624
00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:18,000
Speaker 4: inflated by the college ranks. I mean, he went to

625
00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:20,720
Speaker 4: u NC State, so he's playing in the ACC, which

626
00:30:20,760 --> 00:30:23,280
Speaker 4: is a good baseball conference, so you know he's facing

627
00:30:23,320 --> 00:30:26,520
Speaker 4: good pitching. These are just pure hitter slash lines. Guys

628
00:30:26,560 --> 00:30:28,880
Speaker 4: that can just hit the baseball straight up. It's what

629
00:30:28,880 --> 00:30:31,160
Speaker 4: they do for a living every day, and they've proven

630
00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:34,440
Speaker 4: that they can do it against stiff competition. You know,

631
00:30:34,760 --> 00:30:36,680
Speaker 4: three of these first five or six picks that we've

632
00:30:36,720 --> 00:30:40,800
Speaker 4: talked about whatever, have played in the two, you know,

633
00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:43,960
Speaker 4: maybe the two best conferences in the country. So just

634
00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:47,000
Speaker 4: pure hitters up and down this draft right now. And

635
00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:50,160
Speaker 4: that's what really what we needed. I mean, I keep

636
00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:52,440
Speaker 4: saying it. You know, it's like I'm beating a dead horse,

637
00:30:52,440 --> 00:30:54,800
Speaker 4: but it really is just what we needed is just

638
00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:57,240
Speaker 4: pure hitters. And I love what you said, Danny, which

639
00:30:57,280 --> 00:31:02,040
Speaker 4: is hitters with power, not guys that have hit you

640
00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:04,440
Speaker 4: know what I mean, It's just guys that are so

641
00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:07,200
Speaker 4: good at hitting that they've developed power over the years.

642
00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:08,920
Speaker 4: Kind of like, you know, I'm not going to call

643
00:31:08,960 --> 00:31:12,240
Speaker 4: these guys the next Trician Yelich, but we knew Yelich

644
00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:15,400
Speaker 4: was going to develop power because how good of a

645
00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:18,120
Speaker 4: hitter he was, and so these guys have kind of

646
00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:21,320
Speaker 4: done that, and that's that's what's so exciting. So, you know,

647
00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:24,360
Speaker 4: guys that have advanced approaches and have shown that they

648
00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:27,120
Speaker 4: can do this at high levels, and that's what we

649
00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:30,440
Speaker 4: were looking for. So it's this is just another one

650
00:31:30,440 --> 00:31:32,000
Speaker 4: of those picks you take.

651
00:31:32,080 --> 00:31:34,360
Speaker 3: Just those four college bats you're looking at. Look, look,

652
00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:36,560
Speaker 3: I think over one hundred and thirty five home runs

653
00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:39,200
Speaker 3: and an OVP of in the four twenties for their

654
00:31:39,240 --> 00:31:40,240
Speaker 3: career combined.

655
00:31:40,360 --> 00:31:40,680
Speaker 4: Wow, Like.

656
00:31:42,320 --> 00:31:46,240
Speaker 3: That's exactly what you want every time. High OBP and

657
00:31:46,280 --> 00:31:48,000
Speaker 3: big power, and this is what all four of those

658
00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:50,560
Speaker 3: guys bring. And they're all good picks. And I'm really

659
00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:52,560
Speaker 3: just just wanted to add that it's just a little

660
00:31:52,560 --> 00:31:54,120
Speaker 3: bit numbers. I was just looking at them. I'm like,

661
00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:56,720
Speaker 3: this is just exactly like you guys are talking about it.

662
00:31:56,720 --> 00:31:58,640
Speaker 3: But I'm just looking at all these four sixties and

663
00:31:58,680 --> 00:32:00,920
Speaker 3: four twenties and all these power numbers, and I'm like,

664
00:32:01,760 --> 00:32:04,160
Speaker 3: there's not You're not losing any production from with power.

665
00:32:04,280 --> 00:32:07,320
Speaker 4: So you know, and even if you want, even if

666
00:32:07,320 --> 00:32:09,360
Speaker 4: you want to say they're inflated because of college, I mean,

667
00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:11,320
Speaker 4: how much are they going to come down in the pros?

668
00:32:11,360 --> 00:32:12,760
Speaker 4: You know, it's not like these guys are gonna be

669
00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:15,680
Speaker 4: hitting to forty, you know, like these if they're hitting

670
00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:18,360
Speaker 4: three fifty in college, you know, they're they might hit

671
00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:20,960
Speaker 4: like two seventy, two eighty in the pros, which isn't bad.

672
00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:23,360
Speaker 4: And if their OBP is for forty, you know, it

673
00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:25,840
Speaker 4: might be somewhere like around you know, if you really

674
00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:28,600
Speaker 4: want to give college that much of an inflation, you know,

675
00:32:28,680 --> 00:32:31,400
Speaker 4: you might see an OBP around three seventy, which is

676
00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:34,560
Speaker 4: like not bad at all, it's you know, really good.

677
00:32:34,680 --> 00:32:37,800
Speaker 4: So just pure hitting. It's it's what we needed.

678
00:32:38,760 --> 00:32:41,240
Speaker 2: Yeah, on the hitting side. Now they dominated this draft,

679
00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:43,720
Speaker 2: and you know, it's so nice to be able to

680
00:32:43,720 --> 00:32:47,720
Speaker 2: say that when again, I'll say the national perspective also

681
00:32:47,840 --> 00:32:50,320
Speaker 2: saying it, because then you can't say, oh, Danny's just

682
00:32:50,320 --> 00:32:52,120
Speaker 2: being a home or Danny's just no, no, no, no go.

683
00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:54,040
Speaker 2: Look up fangrafts in Baseball America who don't care at

684
00:32:54,080 --> 00:32:56,320
Speaker 2: all about the Marlins, and all of a sudden are saying, no,

685
00:32:56,440 --> 00:33:00,560
Speaker 2: this is exactly what they've acquired now on the pitching side.

686
00:33:00,600 --> 00:33:02,520
Speaker 2: And we're only going to talk about that quickly because

687
00:33:02,520 --> 00:33:04,840
Speaker 2: I think he's an interesting name, and because well we

688
00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:07,120
Speaker 2: haven't spoken about pitching at all, because the Marlin system

689
00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:10,720
Speaker 2: doesn't really induce targeting that. However, with the one hundred

690
00:33:10,720 --> 00:33:13,280
Speaker 2: and forty first pick, they make a very interesting selection.

691
00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:16,720
Speaker 2: They get Evan Fitterer. I hope I'm saying your name right, man.

692
00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:20,320
Speaker 2: He is a righty Okay, he's a prep pitcher. He's

693
00:33:20,320 --> 00:33:22,800
Speaker 2: committed to UCLA, which is going to be tough. I'll

694
00:33:22,800 --> 00:33:24,720
Speaker 2: say they're right off the bat. If there's someone that

695
00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:27,080
Speaker 2: we're going to lose, it is going to be this pick.

696
00:33:27,160 --> 00:33:29,000
Speaker 2: And I see no News is going to sign. But

697
00:33:29,080 --> 00:33:31,000
Speaker 2: if there's someone we're going to lose, it would be

698
00:33:31,040 --> 00:33:33,640
Speaker 2: this pick. Why, well, number one. We got him at

699
00:33:33,640 --> 00:33:37,560
Speaker 2: one forty one aggregate average ranking eighty two, so a

700
00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:40,080
Speaker 2: heck of a sealer. If he does sign number two,

701
00:33:40,520 --> 00:33:43,239
Speaker 2: he's good, he's good. To the point that he could say,

702
00:33:43,280 --> 00:33:44,960
Speaker 2: now I'm going to UCLA and in a few years

703
00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:47,400
Speaker 2: I'm going to be a top ten pick. That's that's

704
00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:49,560
Speaker 2: where the fear comes of losing him. He's a guy

705
00:33:49,560 --> 00:33:52,680
Speaker 2: that has a slightly above average fastball, he's a good curve,

706
00:33:52,720 --> 00:33:56,880
Speaker 2: good slider, slightly above average changeup, really good command. I

707
00:33:57,040 --> 00:34:01,840
Speaker 2: am fearful that he goes to UCLA. If he doesn't, Man,

708
00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:02,880
Speaker 2: how impressive would that be.

709
00:34:03,560 --> 00:34:06,680
Speaker 4: Yeah, It's like it's like, yeah, it's kind of like

710
00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:08,719
Speaker 4: it would be kind of like a Cyrus last year.

711
00:34:08,760 --> 00:34:10,960
Speaker 4: Like I don't think we any of us really expected

712
00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:13,279
Speaker 4: to sign a Cyrus and then we went out and

713
00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:15,680
Speaker 4: we paid big money for him. And you know, obviously

714
00:34:15,680 --> 00:34:17,440
Speaker 4: he's been hurt this year, but look at you know,

715
00:34:17,640 --> 00:34:20,000
Speaker 4: he had a really exciting year last year, So this

716
00:34:20,040 --> 00:34:22,040
Speaker 4: would be a real big steal. I mean, he's seventy

717
00:34:22,080 --> 00:34:25,160
Speaker 4: four on he's number seventy four on pipeline, and his

718
00:34:25,840 --> 00:34:29,359
Speaker 4: grades across the board are really solid. Nothing like it's

719
00:34:29,480 --> 00:34:32,799
Speaker 4: really like plus plus, but everything is fifty or fifty five.

720
00:34:33,680 --> 00:34:36,960
Speaker 4: So I think, yeah, it seems like he's got this stuff,

721
00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:38,920
Speaker 4: and you know, if we can go out and pay

722
00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:41,400
Speaker 4: and pay him and if he comes in that seems

723
00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:43,279
Speaker 4: like a really good steal for us at one forty one.

724
00:34:44,239 --> 00:34:47,640
Speaker 2: Yeah, and and really don't take lightly what we mentioned here.

725
00:34:47,760 --> 00:34:50,680
Speaker 2: This really is someone that if he goes to UCLA

726
00:34:51,239 --> 00:34:54,640
Speaker 2: in a few years, this is gonna be an automatic

727
00:34:54,680 --> 00:34:58,120
Speaker 2: first round. Unless he really just declined significant, he's gonna

728
00:34:58,120 --> 00:35:01,080
Speaker 2: be an automatic round, maybe top half of the first round.

729
00:35:01,120 --> 00:35:03,160
Speaker 2: So the Marlins and I love this part of it

730
00:35:03,160 --> 00:35:05,440
Speaker 2: that they did at one forty one. If at one

731
00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:08,000
Speaker 2: forty one they took a little bait and they went,

732
00:35:08,080 --> 00:35:11,000
Speaker 2: if they get their fish, haha, very corny. It is

733
00:35:11,040 --> 00:35:15,840
Speaker 2: going to be outstanding, huge, outstanding, outstanding, all right. So

734
00:35:15,840 --> 00:35:17,600
Speaker 2: we're not going to go to other too many of

735
00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:20,239
Speaker 2: the other draft picks. I'll say, if you're looking at

736
00:35:20,280 --> 00:35:21,920
Speaker 2: the rest of the picks and you're saying, well, this

737
00:35:21,960 --> 00:35:25,000
Speaker 2: guy's unranked across the board, this guy's unranked across the board,

738
00:35:25,160 --> 00:35:28,120
Speaker 2: it's because we're saving money, quite frankly, and not in

739
00:35:28,120 --> 00:35:29,880
Speaker 2: a cheap fiscal way, No, in a way to go

740
00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:32,680
Speaker 2: find and buy Nunya. Is in a way to be

741
00:35:32,760 --> 00:35:34,920
Speaker 2: able to get fitterer. So you know you're going to

742
00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:37,080
Speaker 2: be seeing a lot of college seniors being drafted in

743
00:35:37,080 --> 00:35:38,440
Speaker 2: the later rounds. You're going to see a lot of

744
00:35:38,480 --> 00:35:41,160
Speaker 2: premier signing seniors being drafted in the later round because

745
00:35:41,360 --> 00:35:43,719
Speaker 2: you want easy signability to be able to use that

746
00:35:43,760 --> 00:35:46,280
Speaker 2: pool money for the guys that we mentioned like Nunya's

747
00:35:46,320 --> 00:35:49,080
Speaker 2: and Fitterer. So that's that's really the bulk of the draft.

748
00:35:49,960 --> 00:35:52,360
Speaker 2: With that being said, let's go into grades, right and

749
00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:55,200
Speaker 2: I understand that grades have to come at face value.

750
00:35:55,280 --> 00:35:57,600
Speaker 2: We don't know exactly what these guys will develop to do,

751
00:35:58,640 --> 00:36:01,200
Speaker 2: but at face value, we're going to start off with Ian,

752
00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:03,840
Speaker 2: what do you give the current state of the Marlins

753
00:36:03,840 --> 00:36:04,960
Speaker 2: grade for the draft?

754
00:36:06,280 --> 00:36:08,359
Speaker 3: I'm going to be the high guy for us and

755
00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:11,319
Speaker 3: be given the A grade. I think, like we've been

756
00:36:11,320 --> 00:36:14,120
Speaker 3: saying this whole podcast, sticking to the plan was the

757
00:36:14,280 --> 00:36:16,919
Speaker 3: key to the whole thing. And exactly what we did.

758
00:36:17,480 --> 00:36:20,520
Speaker 3: We add its impact, power bats and we've added guys

759
00:36:20,520 --> 00:36:23,680
Speaker 3: with high upside and that's all you want in to

760
00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:26,520
Speaker 3: rebuild and as all this team needed in this organization

761
00:36:26,600 --> 00:36:30,279
Speaker 3: currently is more bats, more power, always more bats and

762
00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:32,759
Speaker 3: more power, and that's what we're doing. And just one

763
00:36:32,760 --> 00:36:34,759
Speaker 3: more thing on Fitterer, I mean, if we can sign

764
00:36:34,840 --> 00:36:37,160
Speaker 3: this kid, I think it could be an a plus draft.

765
00:36:38,440 --> 00:36:41,040
Speaker 3: The kid is an absolute stud. I mean back when

766
00:36:41,080 --> 00:36:43,200
Speaker 3: the slot value one last time, it's sitting at currently

767
00:36:43,239 --> 00:36:46,200
Speaker 3: three hundred and forty grand at that pick. So we're

768
00:36:46,280 --> 00:36:48,320
Speaker 3: really going to have to work to make this happen

769
00:36:48,440 --> 00:36:51,520
Speaker 3: for this kid. But it's good. If it pans out,

770
00:36:51,600 --> 00:36:53,800
Speaker 3: it's going to be a special He's getting Kyle Kendrich

771
00:36:53,840 --> 00:36:58,200
Speaker 3: comps with more velocity, Like, I mean, that's talent right there.

772
00:36:58,239 --> 00:37:00,520
Speaker 3: I mean you can play with that. So if we

773
00:37:00,560 --> 00:37:02,640
Speaker 3: can get this kid to sign, I'm really really happy,

774
00:37:02,640 --> 00:37:04,200
Speaker 3: and it's going to give us an a plus draft.

775
00:37:04,239 --> 00:37:05,640
Speaker 3: But I'm gonna stick with the ape.

776
00:37:05,960 --> 00:37:08,080
Speaker 2: And his frame will give you more velo as well.

777
00:37:08,239 --> 00:37:10,799
Speaker 2: Oh man, he already has more velo. His frame will

778
00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:12,560
Speaker 2: give you more velo if you could develop him at

779
00:37:12,600 --> 00:37:15,040
Speaker 2: a good age, which is yeah, I'm just I'm with you,

780
00:37:15,120 --> 00:37:16,960
Speaker 2: and don't worry. I think that all the giggles and

781
00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:18,879
Speaker 2: the laughs that everyone has heard from us and knows

782
00:37:18,920 --> 00:37:21,560
Speaker 2: where the grades are going. But all right, Ethan, go

783
00:37:21,640 --> 00:37:21,920
Speaker 2: for it.

784
00:37:22,400 --> 00:37:25,200
Speaker 4: Yeah. I mean, you know, if the Marlins had done

785
00:37:25,200 --> 00:37:27,160
Speaker 4: a bad job, I would have said they did a

786
00:37:27,200 --> 00:37:30,560
Speaker 4: bad job. But they did. They did a really, really

787
00:37:30,600 --> 00:37:34,160
Speaker 4: great job. And the reason they did a great job

788
00:37:34,239 --> 00:37:36,759
Speaker 4: is because, like we said all episode, they did what

789
00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:40,759
Speaker 4: they had to do. They looked at the system pre

790
00:37:40,920 --> 00:37:44,359
Speaker 4: draft and they said, Okay, what do we need. We

791
00:37:44,400 --> 00:37:47,359
Speaker 4: need power, we need guys with good approaches, we need

792
00:37:47,440 --> 00:37:50,520
Speaker 4: pure hitting, and we need guys that are going to

793
00:37:50,600 --> 00:37:54,800
Speaker 4: be you know, experienced guys that aren't projects and are proven,

794
00:37:54,920 --> 00:37:58,120
Speaker 4: and we took them up and down the board. If

795
00:37:58,160 --> 00:38:00,520
Speaker 4: you really look at it, the only real project that

796
00:38:00,560 --> 00:38:04,160
Speaker 4: we took is Nunez. And like I said earlier, if

797
00:38:04,280 --> 00:38:07,000
Speaker 4: we're taking that kind of project with our second round

798
00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:09,640
Speaker 4: pick and those guys were that, you know, the guys

799
00:38:09,640 --> 00:38:12,400
Speaker 4: in the front office were that excited about him, then

800
00:38:12,440 --> 00:38:14,960
Speaker 4: they're really excited about him, and they're sticking to their

801
00:38:15,040 --> 00:38:17,719
Speaker 4: gut and their plan, which is what you have to do.

802
00:38:18,520 --> 00:38:21,400
Speaker 4: You know. I think it was Luke Simpson who tweeted

803
00:38:21,400 --> 00:38:25,840
Speaker 4: this that there were rumors that Jeter wanted Abrams and

804
00:38:25,920 --> 00:38:30,520
Speaker 4: this executive wanted Abrams, but that the baseball side wanted

805
00:38:30,560 --> 00:38:33,160
Speaker 4: bla Day and we went with Bladet And I don't

806
00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:36,200
Speaker 4: know how true that is, but if that's what's happening,

807
00:38:36,200 --> 00:38:39,560
Speaker 4: it's showing that we're sticking to our evaluations. We're sticking

808
00:38:39,600 --> 00:38:42,560
Speaker 4: to what the scouts are telling us, and we're we're

809
00:38:42,560 --> 00:38:44,520
Speaker 4: filling the needs. I mean, we went out and we

810
00:38:44,560 --> 00:38:47,439
Speaker 4: got a couple guys that can play first base, which

811
00:38:47,480 --> 00:38:49,160
Speaker 4: is what we needed. You know, we had a hole

812
00:38:49,200 --> 00:38:51,200
Speaker 4: at first base and we could have gotten you know,

813
00:38:51,280 --> 00:38:54,400
Speaker 4: Andrew Vaughn would have been filling the need, but we

814
00:38:54,600 --> 00:38:57,520
Speaker 4: instead we ended up who I think either, even if

815
00:38:57,600 --> 00:38:59,960
Speaker 4: Vaughn was there, would have been the best player available.

816
00:39:00,280 --> 00:39:02,360
Speaker 4: And I think we did a great jo. That first

817
00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:05,360
Speaker 4: pick was awesome. I'm really excited about Bledet and I

818
00:39:05,400 --> 00:39:07,600
Speaker 4: think we're not in a position yet where we have

819
00:39:07,719 --> 00:39:10,359
Speaker 4: to take needs, you know what I mean With our

820
00:39:10,360 --> 00:39:12,440
Speaker 4: first pick, I think what we had to do was

821
00:39:12,480 --> 00:39:15,440
Speaker 4: take the best player available, and we did that. Our

822
00:39:15,480 --> 00:39:18,839
Speaker 4: system on the offensive side of the ball isn't great yet,

823
00:39:18,920 --> 00:39:21,239
Speaker 4: let's just all be honest, but I think this will

824
00:39:21,280 --> 00:39:24,040
Speaker 4: help us take a step towards having a really good

825
00:39:24,160 --> 00:39:27,359
Speaker 4: hitting system. So I think the Marlins did a great job.

826
00:39:27,400 --> 00:39:29,600
Speaker 4: And like I said, if they hadn't done a good job,

827
00:39:29,640 --> 00:39:31,960
Speaker 4: I would have said it because I've been disappointed with

828
00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:33,960
Speaker 4: Marlin's drafts in the past, and I've been critical of

829
00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:36,839
Speaker 4: them I was critical when we took Trevor Rodgers over

830
00:39:36,920 --> 00:39:40,480
Speaker 4: Alex Faydo you know Rogers has panned out? But I

831
00:39:40,520 --> 00:39:42,640
Speaker 4: would tell you, guys if we did a bad job,

832
00:39:42,680 --> 00:39:44,160
Speaker 4: But we did not do a bad job. We did

833
00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:46,320
Speaker 4: a great job. And you know, if you want me

834
00:39:46,360 --> 00:39:47,880
Speaker 4: to give a grade, sure I'll give it an A

835
00:39:48,560 --> 00:39:51,400
Speaker 4: because whatever you know, you don't really know how the

836
00:39:51,520 --> 00:39:53,600
Speaker 4: draft is going to turn out. It takes three or

837
00:39:53,600 --> 00:39:56,640
Speaker 4: four years to find out in any sport. But if

838
00:39:56,840 --> 00:39:59,439
Speaker 4: you know based off the philosophy that we went into

839
00:39:59,440 --> 00:40:02,560
Speaker 4: this draft and the execution of that philosophy, it's a

840
00:40:02,600 --> 00:40:04,319
Speaker 4: clear a. Yeah.

841
00:40:04,360 --> 00:40:06,120
Speaker 2: And listen, it's not lip service when you say that.

842
00:40:06,160 --> 00:40:08,799
Speaker 2: Like I know, I'm the eternal optimist Ethan and Ian.

843
00:40:08,960 --> 00:40:10,919
Speaker 2: If they had messed up, they would have told you.

844
00:40:11,440 --> 00:40:13,400
Speaker 2: And definitely that.

845
00:40:14,880 --> 00:40:17,840
Speaker 4: Drafted Bonds. Yeah, I mean, if we had taken Abrams

846
00:40:17,880 --> 00:40:20,000
Speaker 4: like Abrams wouldn't would have been a fine pick, but

847
00:40:20,040 --> 00:40:21,839
Speaker 4: I would have been pissed. You know, if we had

848
00:40:21,880 --> 00:40:23,719
Speaker 4: taken Green, I would have been pissed, and I would

849
00:40:23,719 --> 00:40:25,279
Speaker 4: have told you guys about it. But the fact that

850
00:40:25,360 --> 00:40:28,440
Speaker 4: we took to Day, like you said, Danny, it's perfect.

851
00:40:28,520 --> 00:40:30,719
Speaker 2: Yep. And here's the thing, the beautiful thing about podcasts.

852
00:40:30,800 --> 00:40:33,120
Speaker 2: Unlike Twitter, we can't go back and delete stuff. You

853
00:40:33,120 --> 00:40:35,080
Speaker 2: could go and listen to us say exactly what we

854
00:40:35,120 --> 00:40:37,600
Speaker 2: wanted to happen, and it's exactly what happened, which is

855
00:40:37,719 --> 00:40:39,640
Speaker 2: why we cannot now all of a sudden, if they

856
00:40:39,640 --> 00:40:41,920
Speaker 2: had taken abrams like Ian and I literally made a

857
00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:44,000
Speaker 2: joke about it at the end of the other recording

858
00:40:44,080 --> 00:40:47,000
Speaker 2: about oh, if he's the pick, we couldn't have gotten

859
00:40:47,040 --> 00:40:49,680
Speaker 2: away from this. You know, my grade is an A

860
00:40:49,680 --> 00:40:52,759
Speaker 2: as well, because they did what we needed them to do.

861
00:40:53,239 --> 00:40:55,520
Speaker 2: The only way that I see this draft not ending

862
00:40:55,600 --> 00:40:59,200
Speaker 2: up as an A is if those signability concerns go

863
00:40:59,360 --> 00:41:02,760
Speaker 2: the wrong way all of a sudden, Right if Nunia's,

864
00:41:02,760 --> 00:41:05,400
Speaker 2: which again I think would be doubtful, but if Nunyas

865
00:41:05,400 --> 00:41:08,000
Speaker 2: doesn't sign this, this is no longer an a draft

866
00:41:08,080 --> 00:41:10,440
Speaker 2: for me personally. It might be for some, but not

867
00:41:10,520 --> 00:41:14,000
Speaker 2: for me. If Nunya's and the picture doesn't sign and

868
00:41:14,160 --> 00:41:16,759
Speaker 2: Fitterer decides that he's gonna go to UCLA, I mean,

869
00:41:17,120 --> 00:41:20,080
Speaker 2: it lowers the value, but we can't, you know, live

870
00:41:20,080 --> 00:41:22,880
Speaker 2: in those hypotheticals. Yet they drafted them. They have to

871
00:41:22,960 --> 00:41:25,920
Speaker 2: manipulate it. Seems like they're manipulating the slot value really

872
00:41:25,960 --> 00:41:28,680
Speaker 2: really well. I think that it'll end up being an

873
00:41:28,680 --> 00:41:31,320
Speaker 2: A to A plus draft because they stuck to the plan.

874
00:41:31,680 --> 00:41:34,319
Speaker 2: Even the project is exciting, and they've been able to

875
00:41:34,360 --> 00:41:38,480
Speaker 2: manipulate the underslot overslot as they've needed to. So I

876
00:41:39,040 --> 00:41:41,280
Speaker 2: guess it's a sweep of A to A plus across

877
00:41:41,320 --> 00:41:45,839
Speaker 2: the board and happily and very like in a nice way.

878
00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:48,960
Speaker 2: Fangrafts in Baseball America and twenty eighty agree. So I'm

879
00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:50,880
Speaker 2: excited about it. I know y'all are excited about it.

880
00:41:50,960 --> 00:41:53,400
Speaker 2: We have about five minutes. I don't want it to

881
00:41:53,680 --> 00:41:57,359
Speaker 2: just be where we very quickly quickly throw things out.

882
00:41:57,360 --> 00:42:01,160
Speaker 2: But there's been some really great performances over the last

883
00:42:01,200 --> 00:42:03,960
Speaker 2: ten days of players that I would just want you

884
00:42:04,000 --> 00:42:06,880
Speaker 2: to highlight. Obviously we can't go too deep into the numbers,

885
00:42:07,080 --> 00:42:09,359
Speaker 2: but the system has performed really well over the last

886
00:42:09,400 --> 00:42:12,239
Speaker 2: ten days. Ian, who are some individuals that you would

887
00:42:12,239 --> 00:42:14,359
Speaker 2: want the people to just go look up what they're

888
00:42:14,360 --> 00:42:15,000
Speaker 2: doing right now?

889
00:42:15,360 --> 00:42:18,759
Speaker 3: I mean, Robert Duggar is just dealing. He had a

890
00:42:18,840 --> 00:42:20,759
Speaker 3: rough start to the year in DOUBLEA, but he is

891
00:42:20,800 --> 00:42:23,520
Speaker 3: coming out and throwing the best of his career, I

892
00:42:23,560 --> 00:42:25,320
Speaker 3: think right now. I mean he's got a one to

893
00:42:25,400 --> 00:42:28,600
Speaker 3: six four ERA or his last three three innings, he's

894
00:42:28,600 --> 00:42:32,520
Speaker 3: got thirty six k's to five walks. He's really pitching well.

895
00:42:32,560 --> 00:42:34,840
Speaker 3: And I mean that's the guy who I'm really excited

896
00:42:34,840 --> 00:42:36,439
Speaker 3: to see. I was having some concerns at the beginning

897
00:42:36,480 --> 00:42:38,440
Speaker 3: of the year, but he's really just shut them up

898
00:42:38,480 --> 00:42:41,560
Speaker 3: real quickly. And another guy who's still just tearing the

899
00:42:41,600 --> 00:42:45,319
Speaker 3: cover off the ball is a Sandiaz. I mean three nine.

900
00:42:49,200 --> 00:42:51,719
Speaker 4: He was so streaky last year. There were stretches where

901
00:42:51,760 --> 00:42:52,879
Speaker 4: he was a four hundred hitter.

902
00:42:53,640 --> 00:42:56,879
Speaker 2: Here's a fly ball, well hit to right field, and

903
00:42:56,920 --> 00:42:57,680
Speaker 2: this one's.

904
00:42:57,480 --> 00:43:02,680
Speaker 4: Gonna carry out of here ae hundred and five miles

905
00:43:02,719 --> 00:43:09,399
Speaker 4: an hour off the bat. Oh boy, that got.

906
00:43:09,360 --> 00:43:13,239
Speaker 2: A fastball up, my friend. And that's Poppin got tap too.

907
00:43:15,200 --> 00:43:17,640
Speaker 1: He just you know, and he's not swinging hard, it's

908
00:43:17,680 --> 00:43:19,200
Speaker 1: just putting a good swing on it.

909
00:43:20,040 --> 00:43:22,000
Speaker 2: But he got the part of the bat to it,

910
00:43:22,040 --> 00:43:23,600
Speaker 2: and that buck jumped up on him.

911
00:43:24,800 --> 00:43:25,279
Speaker 4: I knew it.

912
00:43:25,320 --> 00:43:28,080
Speaker 3: I knew I'd do it. A son's always the tough one.

913
00:43:28,120 --> 00:43:31,160
Speaker 3: Every week, somebody's gonna talk about him, so I gotta

914
00:43:31,200 --> 00:43:33,200
Speaker 3: do it. I mean, he's striking out a little bit

915
00:43:33,200 --> 00:43:36,400
Speaker 3: more this week, walking less, but he's still hitting for

916
00:43:36,560 --> 00:43:40,760
Speaker 3: power and it's again, it's what we want to see.

917
00:43:41,320 --> 00:43:44,200
Speaker 3: He's got this angry grin on his faith over there

918
00:43:44,239 --> 00:43:47,279
Speaker 3: right now. But I had to do it to him.

919
00:43:47,320 --> 00:43:49,359
Speaker 3: But yeah, those were my guys this week. I mean,

920
00:43:49,560 --> 00:43:51,759
Speaker 3: I know, I know who Dany's gonna talk about, so

921
00:43:51,800 --> 00:43:52,600
Speaker 3: I'm ready for him.

922
00:43:52,640 --> 00:43:56,000
Speaker 2: So what if I surprise you? What if I don't

923
00:43:56,000 --> 00:43:57,840
Speaker 2: go with Demetria Simms, you know, like come.

924
00:43:57,760 --> 00:44:03,120
Speaker 4: On, uh, I'm gonna talk about Gerrar because we haven't

925
00:44:03,440 --> 00:44:06,360
Speaker 4: really spoken about him in a while because he was

926
00:44:06,400 --> 00:44:08,920
Speaker 4: still hitting well, but wasn't putting up those kinds of

927
00:44:09,000 --> 00:44:10,560
Speaker 4: numbers that we saw from him at the beginning of

928
00:44:10,600 --> 00:44:13,279
Speaker 4: the year. But he's back to it over the last

929
00:44:13,280 --> 00:44:15,760
Speaker 4: ten days four oh six, four eighty six, five thirty

930
00:44:15,800 --> 00:44:20,759
Speaker 4: one and not shrinking out at all. Really nice to

931
00:44:20,760 --> 00:44:24,759
Speaker 4: see him get back on track, Hesaan. Obviously. One thing

932
00:44:24,800 --> 00:44:27,720
Speaker 4: I want that deserves to be mentioned is that Brentson

933
00:44:28,040 --> 00:44:31,640
Speaker 4: is holding pretty steady at under thirty percent strikeouts right now.

934
00:44:31,640 --> 00:44:35,279
Speaker 4: He's got the night off tonight, and I think he

935
00:44:35,400 --> 00:44:38,400
Speaker 4: kind of slowed down just a little like over the weekend,

936
00:44:39,000 --> 00:44:40,279
Speaker 4: so I think it's good for him to get a

937
00:44:40,360 --> 00:44:43,759
Speaker 4: day off, but twenty seven point two percent krate. Right now,

938
00:44:43,760 --> 00:44:46,560
Speaker 4: he's hit two ninety four, three eighty four, and forty six,

939
00:44:47,360 --> 00:44:49,719
Speaker 4: so still showing some power. He's at one hundred and

940
00:44:49,760 --> 00:44:52,799
Speaker 4: twenty five plate appearances, so keep him down there, keep

941
00:44:52,840 --> 00:44:55,239
Speaker 4: him working. I like how we called up Riddle over him,

942
00:44:55,640 --> 00:44:58,439
Speaker 4: and uh. One guy that really deserves to be talked

943
00:44:58,440 --> 00:45:01,760
Speaker 4: about is Braxton Garrett. Over the last thirty days, twenty

944
00:45:01,800 --> 00:45:05,960
Speaker 4: three innings, pitched one point five seven ERA, ten walks

945
00:45:06,000 --> 00:45:08,399
Speaker 4: and twenty six strikeouts. He's been really good all year

946
00:45:08,719 --> 00:45:14,080
Speaker 4: in limited innings, and I think despite the injury concerns,

947
00:45:14,120 --> 00:45:17,320
Speaker 4: I think he's a candidate when one of these Jacksonville

948
00:45:17,360 --> 00:45:20,360
Speaker 4: spots opens up, as the you know, as the trickle

949
00:45:20,400 --> 00:45:22,839
Speaker 4: down kind of happens with guys getting called up here,

950
00:45:22,960 --> 00:45:25,879
Speaker 4: I think we'll see some pretty soon. I think he's

951
00:45:25,920 --> 00:45:28,120
Speaker 4: a candidate to go up to Jacksonville because he's been

952
00:45:28,160 --> 00:45:33,399
Speaker 4: really good. And yeah, Sierra's off to and I start

953
00:45:33,400 --> 00:45:36,400
Speaker 4: in New Orleans. Scott has been hitting a little better

954
00:45:36,440 --> 00:45:38,560
Speaker 4: recently and had a walk off home run the other night.

955
00:45:38,600 --> 00:45:41,279
Speaker 4: I know I'm doing exactly what Danny said not to do,

956
00:45:41,320 --> 00:45:43,920
Speaker 4: which is touching on a bunch of guys. But I

957
00:45:43,960 --> 00:45:47,680
Speaker 4: think those guys, you know, I'm happy to see Brinson

958
00:45:47,800 --> 00:45:50,319
Speaker 4: not striking out a bunch in under thirty percent and

959
00:45:50,560 --> 00:45:53,239
Speaker 4: hoping it was like twenty six recently, So I hope

960
00:45:53,239 --> 00:45:56,160
Speaker 4: he can stick around that area and like I said,

961
00:45:56,239 --> 00:45:59,480
Speaker 4: keep him down there, let him keep working. He's performing

962
00:45:59,480 --> 00:46:02,960
Speaker 4: well enough, and you know, the hittings started to heat

963
00:46:03,040 --> 00:46:05,240
Speaker 4: up a little bit recently, and that's good to see.

964
00:46:05,760 --> 00:46:09,200
Speaker 4: Hoping Monte's back soon, and congratulations to Monte on the game.

965
00:46:10,040 --> 00:46:11,239
Speaker 4: We hope you're back soon, brother.

966
00:46:12,200 --> 00:46:13,360
Speaker 2: Congrats on the engagement.

967
00:46:13,360 --> 00:46:13,600
Speaker 4: Man.

968
00:46:14,640 --> 00:46:17,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'll play mop up here. Victor. Victor Mesa is

969
00:46:17,239 --> 00:46:19,399
Speaker 2: still not where we need him to be. But over

970
00:46:19,440 --> 00:46:22,160
Speaker 2: the last ten days he's a He's gotten ten hits,

971
00:46:22,320 --> 00:46:25,919
Speaker 2: few of those have been triples, walking three times, only

972
00:46:26,000 --> 00:46:28,200
Speaker 2: struck out six times. So he's still not where we

973
00:46:28,239 --> 00:46:30,520
Speaker 2: need him to be. Where they're showing signs of life.

974
00:46:30,600 --> 00:46:32,040
Speaker 2: I was gonna touch on Connor, but you did a

975
00:46:32,040 --> 00:46:33,759
Speaker 2: good job of touching on Connor, so I'll touch on

976
00:46:33,760 --> 00:46:36,200
Speaker 2: my guy. Dimitri Simms just keeps hitting the ball three

977
00:46:36,200 --> 00:46:39,280
Speaker 2: eighty seven, five hundred and seven to seventy four two homer,

978
00:46:39,360 --> 00:46:42,120
Speaker 2: six extra base hits, seven walks to nine k's. It's

979
00:46:42,160 --> 00:46:44,239
Speaker 2: it's nice to see him get that promotion and then

980
00:46:44,320 --> 00:46:48,360
Speaker 2: just continue raking. On the pitching side, Yams is doing

981
00:46:48,400 --> 00:46:51,200
Speaker 2: what he has been doing quite frankly of the last month,

982
00:46:51,440 --> 00:46:54,680
Speaker 2: thirty five point one innings, pitch two fifty five, eight

983
00:46:54,719 --> 00:46:57,880
Speaker 2: walks to thirty strikeouts, and Zach Gallen just continues to

984
00:46:57,880 --> 00:47:01,920
Speaker 2: be Zach Gallan to the point that actually Baseball America

985
00:47:02,000 --> 00:47:05,480
Speaker 2: did somewhat of a pseudo update to their rankings, and

986
00:47:05,520 --> 00:47:07,759
Speaker 2: for those of you that love Top one hundred, Zach

987
00:47:07,800 --> 00:47:09,800
Speaker 2: Gallen is now a top one hundred prospect within the

988
00:47:09,840 --> 00:47:14,560
Speaker 2: Marlin system. Him being added there actually now means that

989
00:47:14,560 --> 00:47:17,359
Speaker 2: there are at least three to at least three Top

990
00:47:17,400 --> 00:47:20,920
Speaker 2: one hundred players in the Marlin system across different sites,

991
00:47:21,200 --> 00:47:24,600
Speaker 2: So different sites have a six Do Sanchez, Victor Victor Mesa,

992
00:47:24,680 --> 00:47:28,640
Speaker 2: Gallin Monte Harrison, Esan, Diez Guzman and Sandy on Fangrafs,

993
00:47:28,640 --> 00:47:30,680
Speaker 2: even though he graduated. But it's nice to see that

994
00:47:30,719 --> 00:47:32,920
Speaker 2: even if it's diverse and there's not really a lot

995
00:47:32,920 --> 00:47:36,520
Speaker 2: of consensus outside of six Too and Victor Mesa, they're

996
00:47:36,560 --> 00:47:40,440
Speaker 2: getting some recognition now. Actually, jj Blede is going to

997
00:47:40,480 --> 00:47:41,960
Speaker 2: probably be a top one hundred.

998
00:47:41,640 --> 00:47:43,200
Speaker 4: Prospects and rafts.

999
00:47:43,239 --> 00:47:46,600
Speaker 2: I think has met already sixty, which is great to see.

1000
00:47:46,640 --> 00:47:48,960
Speaker 2: We'll see if Baseball America sneaks him in towards the

1001
00:47:48,960 --> 00:47:51,760
Speaker 2: lower half. But it's just nice to see these guys

1002
00:47:51,760 --> 00:47:54,480
Speaker 2: getting the respect that I believe they deserve and that

1003
00:47:54,640 --> 00:47:57,279
Speaker 2: people have overlooked them for. And I'll also just add

1004
00:47:57,360 --> 00:47:59,120
Speaker 2: it's going to be a crying shame if some of

1005
00:47:59,160 --> 00:48:01,600
Speaker 2: our pitching doesn't get into these mid season updates.

1006
00:48:01,640 --> 00:48:01,839
Speaker 3: Yeah.

1007
00:48:04,080 --> 00:48:06,719
Speaker 2: Yes, Edward Cabrera, why do we, like, we need to

1008
00:48:06,800 --> 00:48:09,240
Speaker 2: yell this for people to realize.

1009
00:48:09,680 --> 00:48:11,719
Speaker 3: I mean, he's getting some love on Baseball America, but

1010
00:48:11,840 --> 00:48:15,480
Speaker 3: this kid is bawling out this year and I really,

1011
00:48:15,840 --> 00:48:17,680
Speaker 3: I mean I'm working on an article on right now.

1012
00:48:17,680 --> 00:48:19,640
Speaker 3: I've been busy this weekend and should be coming out soon.

1013
00:48:19,680 --> 00:48:22,240
Speaker 3: But people need to know this kid is for real

1014
00:48:22,880 --> 00:48:25,360
Speaker 3: and really one of the best projects we got pitching

1015
00:48:25,360 --> 00:48:28,120
Speaker 3: wise in our system. And I think he's getting clearly

1016
00:48:28,120 --> 00:48:30,600
Speaker 3: overlooked right now, but he's on the upward trend.

1017
00:48:32,239 --> 00:48:33,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, he needs to be on a list. I mean,

1018
00:48:34,000 --> 00:48:35,120
Speaker 2: he just does you know.

1019
00:48:35,560 --> 00:48:40,200
Speaker 4: I'm older than six though, and I mean to prove it, and.

1020
00:48:40,160 --> 00:48:41,719
Speaker 2: It's just it's just a name, you know. He was

1021
00:48:41,840 --> 00:48:42,520
Speaker 2: a big signing.

1022
00:48:42,920 --> 00:48:45,879
Speaker 4: Yeah, you should be in Jacksonville soon. He's another guy

1023
00:48:45,920 --> 00:48:49,520
Speaker 4: that I think he's the first one up. Just letting

1024
00:48:49,520 --> 00:48:55,720
Speaker 4: everybody know. Bras Tonight, Dougar Tonight, Gallon Tonight. Love it.

1025
00:48:55,040 --> 00:48:58,160
Speaker 2: It's a good night to be a Marlin's affiliate fan

1026
00:48:58,239 --> 00:48:58,600
Speaker 2: right now.

1027
00:48:58,680 --> 00:49:00,160
Speaker 4: And I'll just say, there's a great thing to be

1028
00:49:00,200 --> 00:49:01,040
Speaker 4: a Moreland fan.

1029
00:49:01,000 --> 00:49:03,440
Speaker 2: Just a Marlins fan overall. The big league teams actually

1030
00:49:03,440 --> 00:49:05,840
Speaker 2: playing really well too. And our guy Harold Rmirez just

1031
00:49:05,840 --> 00:49:07,040
Speaker 2: got on Twitter. Go follow up.

1032
00:49:07,160 --> 00:49:08,560
Speaker 4: He's lighting it up too.

1033
00:49:08,680 --> 00:49:11,160
Speaker 2: So I'm gonna add one more nugget and then we're

1034
00:49:11,160 --> 00:49:14,640
Speaker 2: gonna close off, all right. The following pictures are pictures,

1035
00:49:14,640 --> 00:49:16,960
Speaker 2: and ERA is not everything, but for the minor league system,

1036
00:49:16,960 --> 00:49:18,279
Speaker 2: I hold it a little bit higher than I do

1037
00:49:18,320 --> 00:49:22,239
Speaker 2: for a major league system. Following pictures under a three

1038
00:49:22,280 --> 00:49:25,360
Speaker 2: point five ERA for the year, not last ten, not

1039
00:49:25,440 --> 00:49:31,640
Speaker 2: last thirty. Jordan Yamamoto, Trevor Rodgers, Robert Duggar, Chris Vallomont, Braxon, Garrett,

1040
00:49:31,719 --> 00:49:35,480
Speaker 2: Edward Cabrera, Jordan Holloway, Dreff Brigham. But you know, Zach Gallon,

1041
00:49:35,560 --> 00:49:38,160
Speaker 2: Elie Isa Hernandez and before he got hurt, Josh Robertson.

1042
00:49:38,760 --> 00:49:42,560
Speaker 2: That is disgusting. And that's not even an exhaustive list.

1043
00:49:42,920 --> 00:49:44,400
Speaker 2: That's just the list that I have in front of me.

1044
00:49:44,440 --> 00:49:46,360
Speaker 2: And for what it's worth, George Guzman's close out of

1045
00:49:46,360 --> 00:49:48,600
Speaker 2: four point zero one. But still, I mean, it's just

1046
00:49:48,920 --> 00:49:51,359
Speaker 2: it is beautiful to see what's being built. And it's

1047
00:49:51,400 --> 00:49:53,160
Speaker 2: why and this is why I'll finish it off with this.

1048
00:49:53,320 --> 00:49:55,880
Speaker 2: It's so beautiful that they just added a bunch of

1049
00:49:55,960 --> 00:49:57,440
Speaker 2: bats to this system.

1050
00:49:57,480 --> 00:49:59,400
Speaker 4: Just about to say that, just about to say, like,

1051
00:49:59,440 --> 00:50:02,719
Speaker 4: get excited, Marlon Fans, because we have this pitching already

1052
00:50:02,800 --> 00:50:06,160
Speaker 4: in this stable of horses, you know, and now we've

1053
00:50:06,200 --> 00:50:09,960
Speaker 4: got the hitters coming, and they're gonna start popping up.

1054
00:50:10,080 --> 00:50:12,000
Speaker 4: GCL is gonna start at the end of this month.

1055
00:50:12,280 --> 00:50:14,720
Speaker 4: Guys are gonna start showing up in Jupiter and Clinton

1056
00:50:14,800 --> 00:50:17,200
Speaker 4: probably and all of a sudden, you're gonna start seeing

1057
00:50:17,239 --> 00:50:19,600
Speaker 4: these guys, you know, tearing up the box score. So

1058
00:50:20,680 --> 00:50:24,240
Speaker 4: the hitting is starting to arrive, and I'm really excited

1059
00:50:24,239 --> 00:50:24,680
Speaker 4: about it.

1060
00:50:25,520 --> 00:50:26,960
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm not sure when the last time we could

1061
00:50:26,960 --> 00:50:29,400
Speaker 2: say this, but it is definitely a good time to

1062
00:50:29,440 --> 00:50:34,520
Speaker 2: be a Marlins fan absolutely all right, So I appreciate you.

1063
00:50:34,520 --> 00:50:37,239
Speaker 2: You know I love you all as always. Make sure

1064
00:50:37,280 --> 00:50:39,880
Speaker 2: to like and subscribe, make sure to give us a follow,

1065
00:50:40,040 --> 00:50:41,640
Speaker 2: make sure to engage with us on Twitter, and let

1066
00:50:41,719 --> 00:50:43,960
Speaker 2: us know if you want us to have any particular conversations.

1067
00:50:44,040 --> 00:50:46,239
Speaker 2: We appreciate you, and go fish.

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Speaker 4: Appreciate you, guys,