1 00:00:10,960 --> 00:00:14,760 Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to this edition of Big Fish Small 2 00:00:14,880 --> 00:00:19,960 Speaker 1: Pod for Tuesday, August eighth, two twenty three, and if 3 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:22,520 Speaker 1: you are new to the Small Pod, here we'd like 4 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:25,520 Speaker 1: to give you all the information about the Marlins for 5 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:31,080 Speaker 1: that particular day, all season long, in ten minutes or less, 6 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:34,760 Speaker 1: and Marlins fans coming off this series versus the Rangers, 7 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:36,199 Speaker 1: I want to talk a little bit about that, but 8 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:38,120 Speaker 1: most of this episode I wanted to go in depth 9 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:41,080 Speaker 1: on some of the top prospects on the Marlins and 10 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:44,519 Speaker 1: how they're performing midway through the MLB season. 11 00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:47,879 Speaker 2: Down on the miners, but first against the Rangers. 12 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:53,680 Speaker 1: Miami did get swept three nothing against the Rangers, and 13 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:54,920 Speaker 1: it was not pretty. 14 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:56,440 Speaker 2: The Rangers just. 15 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:02,320 Speaker 1: Are just more offensive team, be able to home runs, 16 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:04,200 Speaker 1: gather so many hits. 17 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:05,080 Speaker 2: They're just there. 18 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:07,200 Speaker 1: There are World Series contender when you compare it to 19 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:09,600 Speaker 1: the Marlins or just battling for a wild card spot 20 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:12,160 Speaker 1: and maybe even lucky to be at that position in 21 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:16,399 Speaker 1: the first place. It's just two drastically different teams in 22 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:18,640 Speaker 1: terms of where they're at currently in the season and 23 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:21,840 Speaker 1: where maybe they want to be towards the end. The 24 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:25,280 Speaker 1: Rangers are World Series contenders. They made countless trades at 25 00:01:25,319 --> 00:01:28,600 Speaker 1: the deadline to get better to move pass into a 26 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:33,120 Speaker 1: World Series contender, and it was just a dominant performance 27 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:33,959 Speaker 1: all around from the Rangers. 28 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:36,679 Speaker 2: Miami was really disappointing how they played. 29 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:39,920 Speaker 1: You go to Sandy, you know, six innings, but it 30 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 1: gets four runs on six hits, seven strikeouds. 31 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:44,680 Speaker 2: That was really great. 32 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:47,760 Speaker 1: No walks from Sandy Strom that point was really well. 33 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:52,360 Speaker 1: But it's just a Rangers offense almost predominantly through the 34 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:55,360 Speaker 1: entire series, just how well they played, and it seemed 35 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:57,440 Speaker 1: like every hit they were getting was down to double, 36 00:01:57,440 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 1: a triple, a single. It was just a home run. 37 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 1: You look at the last one Sandy Star gave. There 38 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:06,520 Speaker 1: were four home runs that game by the Rangers alone, 39 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:08,320 Speaker 1: which is something you cannot give up. 40 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 3: Three two pitches, that one is lofted. This ball's hit 41 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:17,040 Speaker 3: much better, and this ball's hit hard. Now the first 42 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:26,440 Speaker 3: pitch Garcia hammers one a towering blast center that is gone. Wow. 43 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:30,320 Speaker 1: Ten home runs giving up by the Marlins that series, 44 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:32,880 Speaker 1: just the Rangers, and it's something you never want to do. 45 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:35,280 Speaker 1: It seems like for the Marlins getting ten home runs, 46 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:37,880 Speaker 1: that would probably be a week, maybe two weeks for 47 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:40,040 Speaker 1: them to get ten home runs and the Rangers doing 48 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:42,560 Speaker 1: it in three games. So that should really tell you 49 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:45,200 Speaker 1: the differences between these teams where the Marlins need to 50 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:47,280 Speaker 1: be what they need to be able to be a 51 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:52,000 Speaker 1: World Series contender. But going on from that little tangent 52 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:54,280 Speaker 1: on how the Marlins played for the Rangers, I wanted 53 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:56,480 Speaker 1: to go a little bit in depth and talk about 54 00:02:57,160 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 1: some of the Marlins top prospects. I want to gone 55 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:02,960 Speaker 1: five top prospects, maybe not in order in pipeline, but 56 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:06,160 Speaker 1: the guys who are currently playing this season and how 57 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 1: well they are performing. Jacob Barry to start started his 58 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:14,880 Speaker 1: season in Hya and Beloit, uh. But with more players 59 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:19,160 Speaker 1: getting promoted and guys now going out to different leagues, 60 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:21,880 Speaker 1: some come of the Major's Triple A and so on, 61 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:24,360 Speaker 1: promotions were in sued and Jacob Barry was one of 62 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:27,359 Speaker 1: those who got promoted from High A to Double A 63 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:30,400 Speaker 1: and currently in Double A seven to seven to one 64 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:33,720 Speaker 1: ops A two six, have two six y five average 65 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 1: two home runs. He had a really great game the 66 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:39,600 Speaker 1: other night for the Wahoo's two for three, a home run, 67 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:43,200 Speaker 1: a triple four wbis, two runs, two walks, and a 68 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:46,160 Speaker 1: stolen base, so it looks like he might be picking 69 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 1: it up at the Pensacola Blue Waho's in Double A, 70 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:53,080 Speaker 1: and maybe what the Marlins have hoped for for Jacob 71 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:57,480 Speaker 1: Barry when drafting him six overall, two two, pitch hammered 72 00:03:57,520 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 1: out to write him well, going back rodrig Apple Wallet, God, 73 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:05,680 Speaker 1: I'm only forty nine at bats so far in Double A, 74 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 1: but he is performing better compared to what he was 75 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 1: at in High A. So hopefully for the Marlins he 76 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:14,800 Speaker 1: continues on his trend from that really great performance a 77 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:18,479 Speaker 1: few nights ago with the Wahoo's to continue in Double A, 78 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:20,600 Speaker 1: and hopefully maybe by this time next year he can 79 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:23,960 Speaker 1: earn a collump to the majors. And then going on 80 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:28,279 Speaker 1: from Jacob Barry, the next player would be Joe Mack 81 00:04:29,279 --> 00:04:32,120 Speaker 1: going by Pipeline had to skip Max By injured, DX 82 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 1: Fulton injured. 83 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:34,760 Speaker 2: We're gonna go ahead and talk a little bit about 84 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:35,800 Speaker 2: Joe Mac. 85 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:41,480 Speaker 1: With Mac, he's really fallen off from his twenty twenty 86 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:45,040 Speaker 1: two season, almost five hundred point difference than what it 87 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:47,800 Speaker 1: was in his OPS in twenty twenty two, which ump 88 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:51,360 Speaker 1: dropping from seven to sixty eight to five seven two 89 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:55,880 Speaker 1: on base percentage two eight five slugging too eighty seven 90 00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:59,320 Speaker 1: has not been great for the Marlins, only five home 91 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:01,240 Speaker 1: runs at Hi A Beloit. 92 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:05,080 Speaker 2: Just the Marlins catching has not been great. 93 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:09,680 Speaker 1: Just the whole organization wise, where to maybe now we're 94 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:12,320 Speaker 1: at the point trying to find diamonds in the rough 95 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:16,599 Speaker 1: in the FCL and rookie ball in the DSL, Guys 96 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:19,720 Speaker 1: that we're just trying to like who could potentially be 97 00:05:19,760 --> 00:05:22,960 Speaker 1: moving up to a top prospect list for the Marlins 98 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:26,400 Speaker 1: catching wise. Marlins did trade Ronald Hernandez, who was looking 99 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:30,600 Speaker 1: like the top catching prospect for the Marlins long term, 100 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:33,240 Speaker 1: but traded now it looks like the Marlins have to 101 00:05:33,279 --> 00:05:37,680 Speaker 1: do a little bit more rethinking retooling on who is 102 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:42,000 Speaker 1: the prime long term catcher for the Marlins. And Joe 103 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:45,400 Speaker 1: mac he had the potential, but it has not just 104 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:50,360 Speaker 1: proven proven that potential for the Marlins. You look at 105 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:54,920 Speaker 1: here in twenty twenty three, ninety three strikeouts to only 106 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:59,440 Speaker 1: twenty eight walks. Is just incredible how that strikeout of 107 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:03,520 Speaker 1: weight has been for him at all, just again with 108 00:06:03,560 --> 00:06:06,479 Speaker 1: the ops not slugging the baseball at all and rookie ball. 109 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:08,760 Speaker 2: He really dominated there with the nine oh six ops. 110 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:11,680 Speaker 1: But even in going into jumping into low a in 111 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:14,840 Speaker 1: twenty twenty two, his slugging drop to three fifty five, 112 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:16,920 Speaker 1: but it's still close to one hundred points better than 113 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:19,920 Speaker 1: what it is now in High A. So for Joe Mack, 114 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:23,640 Speaker 1: he really has to pick things up offensively if he 115 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:27,679 Speaker 1: wants to be called up to Double A and maybe 116 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:31,760 Speaker 1: even thought of the long term future as the Marlins 117 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:33,040 Speaker 1: primary catcher. 118 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:36,680 Speaker 2: But again still very young, only twenty years old. 119 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:40,080 Speaker 1: In High A, which is really great, but I believe 120 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:41,880 Speaker 1: the next year year and a half is going to 121 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:46,760 Speaker 1: be really drastic for Joe Mack to see how the 122 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:50,440 Speaker 1: Marlins will view him in the long term. And going 123 00:06:50,480 --> 00:06:53,279 Speaker 1: from Joe Mack, We're gonna go to yiddie Cape twenty 124 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:58,279 Speaker 1: years old in High A. Beloit again has dropped off 125 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:02,359 Speaker 1: a bit from twenty twenty two from rookie balls. Ops 126 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:07,200 Speaker 1: has dropped significantly every league since rookie ball in Jupiter 127 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:10,120 Speaker 1: last season, and thirty seven games six to seventy nine 128 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:14,720 Speaker 1: ops Balloyd five eighty eight really kind of like dropping out. 129 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:17,320 Speaker 1: Their home runs has really been nice there with five 130 00:07:17,440 --> 00:07:21,880 Speaker 1: home runs sixteen walks to seventy seven strikeouts, but he 131 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:27,320 Speaker 1: is stealing bases fifteen stolen bases for the Marlins, and 132 00:07:27,640 --> 00:07:32,280 Speaker 1: again defensively for the Marlins and short stay shortstop third 133 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:34,960 Speaker 1: basis something the Marlins again desperately. That's probably one of 134 00:07:34,960 --> 00:07:37,880 Speaker 1: the biggest positions of need for the Marlins, along with 135 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:44,880 Speaker 1: Catcher long term and Udcape looks like the best you 136 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:51,960 Speaker 1: could say infield player overall for the Marlins defensively and offensively. Again, 137 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:54,160 Speaker 1: you could go with Jacob Barry, but Jacob Barry probably 138 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:57,280 Speaker 1: long term projections as a DH first basement type. When 139 00:07:57,280 --> 00:08:00,720 Speaker 1: you go with Dcape again shortstop third base can play 140 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:04,320 Speaker 1: that defensively and again just has to prove himself a 141 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:08,600 Speaker 1: little more offensively at Beloit. Maybe a promotion to double 142 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:11,840 Speaker 1: A can help him there, or maybe another year repeating 143 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:15,640 Speaker 1: high Ape again twenty years old, still has sometimes developed 144 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:17,440 Speaker 1: kind of like Joe Mack. The next year, year and 145 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:20,880 Speaker 1: a half will be proved, will be really viewed a 146 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:26,040 Speaker 1: little bit drastic, not drastic, but how he will be improving. 147 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:29,600 Speaker 1: And then lastly, in terms of these players, we're gonna 148 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:35,760 Speaker 1: go with Jacob Miller from the Marlins, having just almost 149 00:08:36,320 --> 00:08:39,199 Speaker 1: an up and down year for him in twenty three 150 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:41,040 Speaker 1: y three nine games started for. 151 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:45,440 Speaker 2: Six five e LRA in about forty innings. 152 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:47,679 Speaker 1: I believe he has been I don't want to say 153 00:08:47,679 --> 00:08:51,240 Speaker 1: battling injury just a bit. But it's been really up 154 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:55,000 Speaker 1: and down for him since that last season, since being 155 00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:59,000 Speaker 1: drafted by the Marlins. But with him he's kind of 156 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:02,200 Speaker 1: missed a few stars, maybe gone scratched again in twenty 157 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:06,280 Speaker 1: twenty three, making a total of eleven games ten starting 158 00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:09,360 Speaker 1: if you want to go through rookie ball and Jupiter 159 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:14,000 Speaker 1: again for him, another guy nineteen years old, so he's 160 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:17,640 Speaker 1: still on the learning curve to becoming just a pro player, 161 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:20,280 Speaker 1: not just you know, thinking about the Marlins long term, 162 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:24,080 Speaker 1: but just being a professional baseball player in the minor leagues. 163 00:09:24,280 --> 00:09:27,480 Speaker 1: So for Jacob Miller, still again a project, and we 164 00:09:27,480 --> 00:09:30,199 Speaker 1: can move on from him and talk really quickly about 165 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:32,800 Speaker 1: two guys who could potentially come to the majors at 166 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:37,640 Speaker 1: any point this season really quickly. You look at Xavier Edwards, 167 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:41,200 Speaker 1: who has just been crushing the baseball as of late, 168 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:45,040 Speaker 1: who at any point, if you know, forbid, someone gets 169 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:48,679 Speaker 1: injured for the Marlins, he could come up right away. 170 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:52,160 Speaker 1: Have just been so good, so dominant for the Marlins 171 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:59,000 Speaker 1: has been really well, just how he has been performing, 172 00:09:59,080 --> 00:10:03,120 Speaker 1: and again defensive has been just crushing the ball. And 173 00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:06,040 Speaker 1: you look at to start August eight for eighteen for 174 00:10:06,080 --> 00:10:09,080 Speaker 1: twenty six three seven, three four four one four eight 175 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:13,160 Speaker 1: four this season numbers provided by Fish on the Farm. 176 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:16,000 Speaker 1: Someone that could come up instantly for the Marlins. Maybe 177 00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:18,839 Speaker 1: should be on the major league team, just how well 178 00:10:18,880 --> 00:10:23,439 Speaker 1: he's performing in Triple A and that's gonna do it 179 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:26,640 Speaker 1: really quickly. Maybe one last player to look at Jacob 180 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:30,520 Speaker 1: maya up and down season so far for him going 181 00:10:30,559 --> 00:10:32,560 Speaker 1: back to Jacksonville. Has not been playing well as we 182 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:35,520 Speaker 1: have hoped for uh coming into this season seven to 183 00:10:35,559 --> 00:10:39,880 Speaker 1: sixty seven opds, but again very young, twenty four years old. Yeah, 184 00:10:39,880 --> 00:10:42,800 Speaker 1: the Marlins prove see how he proved to the Marlins 185 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:45,120 Speaker 1: that he can be a major leaguer. But that's gonna 186 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:47,360 Speaker 1: do it for big fish, small pod. 187 00:10:47,640 --> 00:10:53,120 Speaker 2: Always go Fish.