1 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:30,080 Speaker 1: Welcome to a special Memorial Day weekend recording of Fish Bites. 2 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:33,080 Speaker 1: My name is Danny Martinez, and I'm excited for today. 3 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:36,280 Speaker 1: Number One, thank you to all of our military personnel, 4 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:39,600 Speaker 1: the family members of anyone that has served. Thank you 5 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:42,280 Speaker 1: for what you do and thank you for your sacrifice. 6 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:45,479 Speaker 1: I also thank our listeners. Thank you for the continuous 7 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:49,199 Speaker 1: engagement that you've given us, the continuous feedback. I'm going 8 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:53,120 Speaker 1: to continue stating that I want more of it. I 9 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:57,280 Speaker 1: also want more questions. We've reached show number six and 10 00:00:57,760 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 1: we're starting to be able to hit all of the 11 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:02,280 Speaker 1: questions that you've sent in. I want to be able 12 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:06,200 Speaker 1: to make sure that we will always have continuous questions, 13 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:07,920 Speaker 1: so the same way that you've emailed, the same way 14 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:10,840 Speaker 1: that you've sent me messages, continue to do so so 15 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:15,360 Speaker 1: that we can keep almost restocking that inventory of questions. 16 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 1: We're gonna have a lot of fun today. We're gonna 17 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:19,560 Speaker 1: have a lot of fun today because first we get 18 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:21,679 Speaker 1: to talk about the Marlins winning, which is something we 19 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:24,959 Speaker 1: haven't been able to do quite some time, quite frankly 20 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:27,199 Speaker 1: all year. Really, We're gonna talk a little bit about 21 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:30,559 Speaker 1: some Twitter drama that a lot of the listeners engaged 22 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:34,360 Speaker 1: in and actually I thank you for standing by my 23 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:37,200 Speaker 1: side and some of the circumstances, and we'll dive into that. 24 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:41,360 Speaker 1: We're gonna discuss this. This Memorial weekend in baseball is 25 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:45,440 Speaker 1: kind of an unofficial milestone or an unofficial mark in 26 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:48,440 Speaker 1: the campaign where you take assessment of where your ball 27 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:51,040 Speaker 1: club is and in the case of a rebuilding team, 28 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:53,000 Speaker 1: where the players are that we're looking. 29 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:53,400 Speaker 2: For in the future. 30 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:55,400 Speaker 1: So we're going to take an assessment there and we're 31 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:58,520 Speaker 1: going to hit a dialogue question that I think really 32 00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:03,360 Speaker 1: fit in our conversation during a rebuild, which was Danny, 33 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 1: who do you think is the future face of the team, 34 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:08,960 Speaker 1: the future face of the franchise. So we're gonna have 35 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:11,080 Speaker 1: a lot to discuss about. But as always, we're going 36 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:14,680 Speaker 1: to start off with our pitcher performance of the week, 37 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:16,519 Speaker 1: and we're gonna go with the major league system and 38 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:17,519 Speaker 1: stick with Trevor Richards. 39 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 2: He was at Detroit. 40 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:22,080 Speaker 1: He went five two thirds, only allowed one run, struck 41 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:24,920 Speaker 1: out six, which was nice to see, one walk, and 42 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:27,440 Speaker 1: quite frankly, it was just all week contact. 43 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:30,000 Speaker 3: It all middle middle, because that's actually when it's at 44 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:31,680 Speaker 3: its best. Hitters want to go after it and it 45 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:35,000 Speaker 3: starts to bottom out. See the high fastball there ends 46 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:39,480 Speaker 3: this at bat battle work too ninety three the Marlins side. 47 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:41,520 Speaker 3: Of course, the Marlin's playing great baseball right now, but 48 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:43,200 Speaker 3: after the last couple of innings where you felt like 49 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:47,079 Speaker 3: they should have scored a couple of runs, it kind 50 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:47,639 Speaker 3: of falls on. 51 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:56,000 Speaker 4: Richards called strike three. Fifth strike out for Richards double 52 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:58,680 Speaker 4: plays in their last twenty one games, and they won't 53 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:01,680 Speaker 4: meet it there as Richards get to strikeout going upstairs 54 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:05,240 Speaker 4: on Briner his sixth valiant effort, but ran into a 55 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:07,280 Speaker 4: little too much trouble here in the sixth. 56 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:09,600 Speaker 1: He got into that sixth inning, I think it was 57 00:03:09,639 --> 00:03:11,919 Speaker 1: a single and then a double, and then they intentionally 58 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:14,839 Speaker 1: walked to Migey Cabrera and it was a sacrifice fly. 59 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:16,960 Speaker 1: That's the only run that was scored, and then they 60 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:19,639 Speaker 1: took him out, which is why he couldn't finish the sixth. 61 00:03:19,639 --> 00:03:22,320 Speaker 1: But it was nice to see him continue the trend 62 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:26,760 Speaker 1: that we saw during this wind streak of young pitchers 63 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:30,840 Speaker 1: performing and being able to really take a lineup and 64 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:34,320 Speaker 1: manipulate what they're doing with it multiple times in the order, 65 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:36,560 Speaker 1: which is something that we're going to talk about and 66 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:39,960 Speaker 1: something that we were not able to see Sandy and 67 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:43,480 Speaker 1: Pablo replicate after their successful starts earlier in the week. 68 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:46,760 Speaker 1: So we're gonna dissect that a little bit. But Trevor 69 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:49,720 Speaker 1: Richards a great start. It was nice to see that 70 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:51,920 Speaker 1: from him. He had kind of fallen back. The other 71 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:56,320 Speaker 1: younger arms were really starting to impress, and Trevor Richards, 72 00:03:56,360 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 1: you know, our hashtag baby face aces, had a couple 73 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 1: of rough outings or par outings rather, so it's good 74 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:04,640 Speaker 1: to see him come back and really put out a 75 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:07,360 Speaker 1: strong performance in Detroit. I think that was actually the 76 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:10,200 Speaker 1: last game that they won to finish off the six 77 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:13,880 Speaker 1: game win streak. On the position side trending players, I'm 78 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:16,680 Speaker 1: actually gonna name three and then we're not gonna dive 79 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:20,479 Speaker 1: too far into them at the moment because we're going 80 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:22,400 Speaker 1: to talk a little bit more about what was working 81 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:25,719 Speaker 1: in the winning streak, which in part were these three players. 82 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:28,600 Speaker 1: There's not gonna be any surprise here. Harold Ramirez has 83 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:32,880 Speaker 1: been excellent since his promotion, all right. In earning their 84 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:37,080 Speaker 1: Stripes podcasts again, myself Ethan and Ian continuously at nauseum 85 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:40,200 Speaker 1: talked and spoke about how Harold Dromirez needed to be 86 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:43,920 Speaker 1: promoted about how impressive it was what he was doing well. 87 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:47,120 Speaker 1: He gets promoted, and since his promotion, his slash average 88 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:50,160 Speaker 1: is three fifty three on basis three eighty nine and 89 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:53,320 Speaker 1: his slugging is five hundred. But it's not even the numbers. 90 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:57,719 Speaker 1: It's just it's this beautiful scenario where the eye test 91 00:04:57,960 --> 00:05:01,640 Speaker 1: really aligns itself well with the numbers. 92 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:04,480 Speaker 3: Turnbull has been very good for the Tigers. He really 93 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 3: has outs are right. 94 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:11,960 Speaker 5: Castianos turns around It first home run in the career 95 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:16,280 Speaker 5: of Harold Ramirez, a line drive of the opposite field 96 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:17,120 Speaker 5: three to one. 97 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:20,919 Speaker 1: You look at him and he just looks like he 98 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:23,120 Speaker 1: knows what he's doing at the plate, and quite frankly, 99 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 1: it's because he does. He's always been that prospect. And 100 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:29,400 Speaker 1: you know, two or three podcasts Ago I gave you 101 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:32,320 Speaker 1: his story, the fact that it is a twenty four 102 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:34,080 Speaker 1: year old who had a knee injury. He was a 103 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:36,600 Speaker 1: top one hundred prospect. The Blue Jays somewhat gave up 104 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:39,279 Speaker 1: on him that he was never going to regain that form, 105 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:42,000 Speaker 1: and the Marlins and Harold Ramirez took a shot on 106 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:44,200 Speaker 1: each other. He took less money to be here than 107 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:47,640 Speaker 1: other clubs were offering him and it's paid off. But 108 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:50,360 Speaker 1: his story has always been that he's a competent hitter. 109 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:53,720 Speaker 1: The story has always been that he has good bat 110 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:56,120 Speaker 1: to ball contact, and you see it. You see it 111 00:05:56,120 --> 00:05:58,680 Speaker 1: in his approach when he's at the plate. Quite frankly, 112 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:01,320 Speaker 1: some of our younger developing prospects, and you know, the 113 00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:05,839 Speaker 1: example really is always Lewis Prinson. You would love to 114 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:09,039 Speaker 1: see Sweet Lou come up and have that type of 115 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:12,359 Speaker 1: approach that Harold Demirez has been able to show. He 116 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:14,200 Speaker 1: goes the other way, the other way, the other way. 117 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:16,560 Speaker 1: His stance kind of speaks to that as well. He 118 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:19,240 Speaker 1: lays off of pitches out of the strike zone. I 119 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:22,479 Speaker 1: also again give credit to the stance for that, but 120 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:26,120 Speaker 1: it's also simply about approach. So tip of the cap 121 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:29,279 Speaker 1: to Harold Demire's. I'm happy that everything we were speaking 122 00:06:29,279 --> 00:06:32,360 Speaker 1: about on earning their stripes is coming into fruition. I'm 123 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:37,280 Speaker 1: happy that he got his promotion which was more you know, 124 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:42,479 Speaker 1: more than anticipated and more than deserved, and that he's 125 00:06:42,520 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 1: doing something with it. The other two individuals that I'll 126 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:50,960 Speaker 1: highlight here are Brian Anderson and George Afera. Both of 127 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:54,680 Speaker 1: them have shown that they number one can come off 128 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:57,159 Speaker 1: of a slump, because last time we had a recording, 129 00:06:57,240 --> 00:07:02,280 Speaker 1: they were slumping relatively relatively badly. They were in the 130 00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:05,240 Speaker 1: worst sumps that I would peg them in their entire career. 131 00:07:05,279 --> 00:07:08,880 Speaker 1: And although albeit young, and they just decided to wake 132 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:13,120 Speaker 1: up their approach change. Anderson has three homers over the 133 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:16,320 Speaker 1: last week. He's slugging well over five hundred. He's slugging 134 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:21,520 Speaker 1: six fifteen Alpha ro two homers, slugging six point fifty eight, 135 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:25,920 Speaker 1: and they're getting on base. Alphao is taking walks. Anderson 136 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:27,880 Speaker 1: has always been someone who could get on base even 137 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:30,760 Speaker 1: when he's not hitting, except that this year his approach 138 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:34,840 Speaker 1: looked significantly different than last year. And my opinion of 139 00:07:34,840 --> 00:07:37,080 Speaker 1: that is because his pitchers are pitching to him differently. 140 00:07:37,640 --> 00:07:40,480 Speaker 1: They realize the bat that he has. They realize that 141 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:44,800 Speaker 1: he's not just another tertiary prospect that's coming up. The 142 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:47,320 Speaker 1: guy can hit, and he showed that last year being 143 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:50,120 Speaker 1: in the NL Rookie of the Year race with the 144 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:55,120 Speaker 1: phenoms like Soto and Okunyam. They pitched him differently. Sophomore 145 00:07:55,120 --> 00:07:57,760 Speaker 1: slumps happened because the league now has an assessment of 146 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:00,520 Speaker 1: who you are at the major league level been pitching 147 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:02,000 Speaker 1: him out of the zone. He hasn't been able to 148 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:05,000 Speaker 1: lay off as often. However, we saw it in this 149 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:10,560 Speaker 1: last week that he still is the developmental player because 150 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:13,520 Speaker 1: he's still young, both of him and Alfaro and Ramirez 151 00:08:14,120 --> 00:08:17,000 Speaker 1: that the Marlins would expect and that many of us 152 00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:20,240 Speaker 1: see in him. He has been able to show that power. 153 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:22,240 Speaker 1: He has been able to get back on base. The 154 00:08:22,320 --> 00:08:24,680 Speaker 1: hope is that, of course it continues. But if you're 155 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:28,640 Speaker 1: looking for three players, and in an ideal world you 156 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:31,480 Speaker 1: want three players to show that they belong, it is 157 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:34,600 Speaker 1: most definitely Harold Dmirez, Brian Anderson and George Offerol. So 158 00:08:34,640 --> 00:08:39,400 Speaker 1: it's nice to see that happening. They are the reason 159 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:41,839 Speaker 1: that the Marlins, at least partly, we're able to go 160 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:44,880 Speaker 1: on a win streak. The other reason for that was 161 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:52,200 Speaker 1: that hopefully, right hopefully, what you saw working was a 162 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:57,400 Speaker 1: glimpse into the future of what the Marlins rebuild can do. 163 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:01,160 Speaker 1: So what do I mean by that, Well, we've spoken 164 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:03,640 Speaker 1: at it over and over again that the Marlins will 165 00:09:03,679 --> 00:09:09,199 Speaker 1: win or will eventually compete via their pitching and then 166 00:09:09,280 --> 00:09:12,040 Speaker 1: help on the offensive side, but it's not going to 167 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:16,559 Speaker 1: be a pro offensive type of team. That's what we 168 00:09:16,640 --> 00:09:19,160 Speaker 1: saw in the wind streak. What you saw in the 169 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:22,720 Speaker 1: witch Streak was dominant performances from San Diel Contra, from 170 00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:26,720 Speaker 1: Pablo Lopez, from Trevor Richards, from Jose Urina as well, 171 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:31,160 Speaker 1: and of course your weekly phenomenal start from Caleb Smith. 172 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:35,480 Speaker 1: And yet the difference here were the young offensive players. 173 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:38,920 Speaker 1: Because the pitching had been performing at a relatively acceptable 174 00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:42,240 Speaker 1: top half of the league performance even when the Marlins 175 00:09:42,440 --> 00:09:44,560 Speaker 1: were ten and thirty one or whatever the case may be. 176 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:47,720 Speaker 1: But the offense simply wasn't there. Right, We were on 177 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:53,360 Speaker 1: track to a historically bad offensive productive year, and then 178 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:56,800 Speaker 1: all of a sudden something clicked. What it was was 179 00:09:56,840 --> 00:10:00,439 Speaker 1: again that brief glimpse into what the future may hold. Now, 180 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:03,440 Speaker 1: make no mistake, when you are talking about players that 181 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:06,880 Speaker 1: are twenty two, twenty three, twenty four, twenty five, even 182 00:10:06,920 --> 00:10:10,680 Speaker 1: twenty six, you are talking about players before their prime. 183 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:16,000 Speaker 1: There's this misconception now that because in Akunya Junior, or 184 00:10:16,040 --> 00:10:19,520 Speaker 1: because this prospect phenoms come up all of a sudden, 185 00:10:19,559 --> 00:10:23,640 Speaker 1: the average age of individuals hitting their prime is younger. 186 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:26,880 Speaker 1: It's not the case, not at all. Prime in baseball 187 00:10:26,920 --> 00:10:29,320 Speaker 1: has always been twenty seven to twenty eight, twenty nine, thirty, 188 00:10:29,360 --> 00:10:30,840 Speaker 1: and then it takes a big dip. 189 00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:32,000 Speaker 2: None of the. 190 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:34,760 Speaker 1: Miami Marlins players are in their prime or should be 191 00:10:34,840 --> 00:10:37,840 Speaker 1: in their prime at the moment. Most, if not all, 192 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:39,720 Speaker 1: of the young players that we're looking at on the 193 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:42,560 Speaker 1: pitching side as well as in the hitting side, have 194 00:10:42,760 --> 00:10:44,880 Speaker 1: only one to two to two and a half years 195 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:47,640 Speaker 1: under their belt at the major league level, which means 196 00:10:47,679 --> 00:10:51,560 Speaker 1: that we're gonna see inconsistencies. We're gonna see Pablo Lopez 197 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:54,720 Speaker 1: and Sandy have weeks like the week that they had 198 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:57,720 Speaker 1: this last week, where they come off of a dominant 199 00:10:57,760 --> 00:10:59,959 Speaker 1: start and then they can't get out of the fit. 200 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:05,200 Speaker 1: A consistencies in young pictures in particular, is going to happen. 201 00:11:05,760 --> 00:11:10,120 Speaker 1: In consistencies and young hitters also going to happen. The 202 00:11:10,160 --> 00:11:13,439 Speaker 1: hope is that as they develop, the hope, as they 203 00:11:13,640 --> 00:11:16,319 Speaker 1: enter their prime, they have honed in on the tools 204 00:11:16,320 --> 00:11:19,280 Speaker 1: and skills that allow them to go out and be consistent. 205 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:25,160 Speaker 1: A very simple to see example of this is Lopez, 206 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:27,880 Speaker 1: and by now we've seen the pattern of the one 207 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:32,440 Speaker 1: inning that gets away. A veteran picture can feel that 208 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:36,520 Speaker 1: he doesn't have his stuff and be able to adjust 209 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:41,160 Speaker 1: and amend his goal against a certain hitter, go back 210 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:44,319 Speaker 1: onto his secondaries and still use them effectively without having 211 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:47,640 Speaker 1: to work outside of the strike zone and give up 212 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:51,040 Speaker 1: too many walks. But a younger pitcher twenty three, twenty 213 00:11:51,080 --> 00:11:54,560 Speaker 1: four will have difficulties with that. We see that across 214 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:57,400 Speaker 1: the major leagues. That is a good example of what 215 00:11:57,440 --> 00:12:00,520 Speaker 1: you want to pay attention to moving forward. Does Pablo 216 00:12:00,559 --> 00:12:04,320 Speaker 1: Lopez find himself in that inning of doom but be 217 00:12:04,400 --> 00:12:06,600 Speaker 1: able to get away from it and then survive? And 218 00:12:06,640 --> 00:12:08,640 Speaker 1: if you continue to look back at his game logs, 219 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:10,520 Speaker 1: it's always but it's been what's happening? 220 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:12,520 Speaker 2: He has one inning of doom, and. 221 00:12:12,480 --> 00:12:15,920 Speaker 1: If he has enough durability, if he feels good enough, 222 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:17,840 Speaker 1: he comes out again the following inning and he's fine, 223 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:21,080 Speaker 1: or he'll even rack up another two three innings perfectly fine. 224 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:24,040 Speaker 1: But that one inning, his stuff, his feel got away 225 00:12:24,040 --> 00:12:29,719 Speaker 1: from him. The other side, Sandy then has some difficulties 226 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:33,440 Speaker 1: simply striking out hitters because if he doesn't have the 227 00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:37,640 Speaker 1: feel for his fastball on the corner, his secondaries aren't 228 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:40,920 Speaker 1: developed enough right now to be pitching them for strikeout pitches, 229 00:12:41,720 --> 00:12:43,920 Speaker 1: so he induces a lot of weak contact that's something 230 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:45,680 Speaker 1: we saw early on in the year, and it's still 231 00:12:45,679 --> 00:12:49,920 Speaker 1: something that's happening now. But at some point ninety eight 232 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:52,839 Speaker 1: is going to get smacked to center field when you're 233 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:56,120 Speaker 1: facing a major league hitter. If you're not able to 234 00:12:56,120 --> 00:12:58,439 Speaker 1: touch the black, if you're not able to work around 235 00:12:58,440 --> 00:13:01,040 Speaker 1: the corners and you're forced to go inside, you're not 236 00:13:01,040 --> 00:13:04,120 Speaker 1: going to fool anyone with that. These are all things 237 00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:07,960 Speaker 1: that come with age. These are all things that hopefully 238 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:11,079 Speaker 1: the Marlins are obviously aware of. I'm sure they are, 239 00:13:11,720 --> 00:13:13,760 Speaker 1: the pictures are very aware of. I'm sure they are, 240 00:13:14,480 --> 00:13:16,920 Speaker 1: and that on the offensive side, the things like swinging 241 00:13:16,920 --> 00:13:19,319 Speaker 1: out of the zone, things like not having a good 242 00:13:19,320 --> 00:13:21,559 Speaker 1: approach at the plate, not understanding what's happening, moving the 243 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:24,200 Speaker 1: run er over, whatever the case may be, again, will 244 00:13:24,200 --> 00:13:26,480 Speaker 1: come with development and will come with age. I'm not 245 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:30,000 Speaker 1: saying anything that's rocket science, but it's something I almost 246 00:13:30,080 --> 00:13:32,400 Speaker 1: am forced to say because so many people get on 247 00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:35,120 Speaker 1: these twenty two, twenty three, twenty four year olds, twenty 248 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:38,240 Speaker 1: five year olds and expect them to be the consistent 249 00:13:38,280 --> 00:13:40,520 Speaker 1: twenty seven to twenty eight year old veterans that we 250 00:13:40,679 --> 00:13:42,320 Speaker 1: hope to one day be. 251 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:45,320 Speaker 2: So if that's not the case. 252 00:13:46,920 --> 00:13:49,000 Speaker 1: What should we take solace in, Well, we should take 253 00:13:49,040 --> 00:13:53,800 Speaker 1: solace is that when they clicked this last week, you 254 00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:58,360 Speaker 1: finally saw what the marlins and vision moving forward. And 255 00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:00,959 Speaker 1: it's funny, a couple of people tweeted it out. It's 256 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:04,280 Speaker 1: interesting how a few wins suddenly make the plan look 257 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:07,080 Speaker 1: that much clearer. Absolutely, it makes the plan look that 258 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:12,120 Speaker 1: much clearer because now individuals are seeing what individuals and 259 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:13,880 Speaker 1: I'll be honest like myself, who don't care about the 260 00:14:13,880 --> 00:14:16,080 Speaker 1: win loss at the moment, and this year of the rebuild, 261 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:19,200 Speaker 1: I don't care if they're winning or they're losing. We 262 00:14:19,280 --> 00:14:21,640 Speaker 1: could see what was happening. We could see what should 263 00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:24,640 Speaker 1: be happening. We could see the fit instead of the era. 264 00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:28,280 Speaker 1: We can see the approach instead of the situation of 265 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:30,640 Speaker 1: the win or the loss or however the game implodes. 266 00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:33,000 Speaker 1: But yes, the fact that now they were winning. Now 267 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:35,320 Speaker 1: we can see the fact that Anderson has a good 268 00:14:35,360 --> 00:14:37,840 Speaker 1: approach at the plate. We can now pay attention to 269 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:40,760 Speaker 1: Alfaro and his power. We can look at a Pablo 270 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:43,440 Speaker 1: Lopez or Sandi al Contre and say there are some 271 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:47,480 Speaker 1: fielding issues that were happening behind them, there are some 272 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:51,800 Speaker 1: control issues, but we can see where it's going. This 273 00:14:51,840 --> 00:14:55,160 Speaker 1: wind streak was beautiful not because they won six games. 274 00:14:55,680 --> 00:14:58,000 Speaker 1: The wind streak was beautiful because you got a glimpse 275 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:01,360 Speaker 1: to what the future might hold. Are they gonna win 276 00:15:01,440 --> 00:15:04,240 Speaker 1: six out of nine when they're in their prime? I mean, 277 00:15:04,280 --> 00:15:10,240 Speaker 1: I don't know, but possibly. And I'll add this this 278 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:15,360 Speaker 1: is with the understanding that the Marlins have Harold her 279 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:22,000 Speaker 1: Mirrors up, Brian Anderson up, and what heal farrow. Those 280 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:24,200 Speaker 1: are the three pieces that you're looking at offensively. Although 281 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:26,800 Speaker 1: I would also include Garrett Cooper in there, but he's 282 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:29,000 Speaker 1: a little older. But those are the pieces that you're 283 00:15:29,040 --> 00:15:34,560 Speaker 1: looking at offensively. Imagine the excitement when Isan Diez, who 284 00:15:34,600 --> 00:15:37,200 Speaker 1: is lighting up the minor leagues right now, I believe 285 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:39,880 Speaker 1: he hit recently, just right now, his fifth home run 286 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:42,920 Speaker 1: in a row, five home runs in five games. Monte 287 00:15:42,960 --> 00:15:45,960 Speaker 1: Harrison also lighting up the minor leagues, and Lewis Brinson 288 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:48,480 Speaker 1: playing extremely well in the minor leagues. Although that shouldn't 289 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:50,400 Speaker 1: come as a surprise. Someone of his caliber should be 290 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:52,360 Speaker 1: able to do that, we have to see it generalized 291 00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:55,480 Speaker 1: at the major league level. Tomorrow, go ahead and log 292 00:15:55,520 --> 00:15:57,480 Speaker 1: in on earning their stripes. We're gonna have a conversation 293 00:15:57,520 --> 00:15:59,920 Speaker 1: about that, about what we would do with those three 294 00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:02,440 Speaker 1: individuals in minor leagues when you promote them, how you 295 00:16:02,440 --> 00:16:05,240 Speaker 1: would promote them, to promote them together, whatever the case is. 296 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:10,440 Speaker 1: Imagine when those three then added to the lineup, give 297 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:13,640 Speaker 1: you six deep, give you seven deep in the lineup 298 00:16:13,920 --> 00:16:16,840 Speaker 1: in August of this year, September of this year, then 299 00:16:16,920 --> 00:16:18,840 Speaker 1: you're really gonna start to be able to see that 300 00:16:18,960 --> 00:16:23,480 Speaker 1: glimpse of the future what many people cast off as 301 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:27,040 Speaker 1: just blind hope. Well, many many people cast off as 302 00:16:27,120 --> 00:16:32,080 Speaker 1: just blind positive or positivity. You're gonna be able to 303 00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:36,040 Speaker 1: now see actually develop in front of you because they're coming. 304 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:40,320 Speaker 1: They're coming, and when they come, the pitching will still 305 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:43,000 Speaker 1: be here. If not, it'll even be better. With a 306 00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:46,760 Speaker 1: Zach Gallen called up or Jordan Yamamoto, who also was 307 00:16:47,480 --> 00:16:51,520 Speaker 1: will be tomorrow log in, he's interviewed, so he's going 308 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:53,280 Speaker 1: to be a part of our podcast tomorrow and earning 309 00:16:53,280 --> 00:16:57,200 Speaker 1: their stripes. He joined us for an interview. You're gonna 310 00:16:57,240 --> 00:16:59,840 Speaker 1: be able to see that plan in focus instead of 311 00:16:59,880 --> 00:17:03,240 Speaker 1: just having to have this nuanced idea of what it 312 00:17:03,240 --> 00:17:07,920 Speaker 1: could look like. Now for the drama, when the Marlins 313 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:10,600 Speaker 1: went on their win streak. I sent out a tweet 314 00:17:10,600 --> 00:17:15,600 Speaker 1: towards the end which kind of purposefully pointed fun at 315 00:17:15,600 --> 00:17:20,879 Speaker 1: the win loss mentality that circulates around the Marlins. It 316 00:17:21,520 --> 00:17:24,760 Speaker 1: read like this, It said, on May twenty second, twenty seventeen, 317 00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:28,439 Speaker 1: with the worst ranked farm system in baseball, but of 318 00:17:28,480 --> 00:17:32,919 Speaker 1: course with Stanton Yellis, Ozuna, JT and D Gordon, the 319 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:37,480 Speaker 1: Marlins were fifteen wins to twenty eight losses on May 320 00:17:37,560 --> 00:17:41,760 Speaker 1: twenty third, twenty nineteen this year, the same Marlins right now, 321 00:17:41,800 --> 00:17:45,320 Speaker 1: the current Marlins with a top thirteen farm system soon 322 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:48,919 Speaker 1: to be top ten after the draft, are sixteen and 323 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:54,240 Speaker 1: thirty one in twenty seventeen pre rebuild awful farm system, 324 00:17:54,359 --> 00:17:59,120 Speaker 1: all of those superstars fifteen wins, twenty eight losses May 325 00:17:59,119 --> 00:18:02,480 Speaker 1: twenty third of this year, top thirteen farm system soon 326 00:18:02,520 --> 00:18:09,200 Speaker 1: to be top ten, sixteen wins, thirty one losses. Now 327 00:18:10,200 --> 00:18:11,960 Speaker 1: Twitter decided to have a lot of fun with that, 328 00:18:12,119 --> 00:18:15,919 Speaker 1: really just two or three people, because the mentality of 329 00:18:15,960 --> 00:18:18,320 Speaker 1: that tweet really was, like I said, to poke a 330 00:18:18,320 --> 00:18:21,960 Speaker 1: little bit of fun at the win loss campaign, the 331 00:18:22,040 --> 00:18:27,240 Speaker 1: fact that we cry very much so over you know, separation, 332 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:29,600 Speaker 1: and however it happened, we all know the conversation that 333 00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:33,119 Speaker 1: takes place around the rebuild with those players, and yet 334 00:18:33,720 --> 00:18:38,280 Speaker 1: two years later, with a much better organizational outlook, the 335 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:43,400 Speaker 1: current team has one more win than that team did 336 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:48,200 Speaker 1: on the same date. Now, many people decided to take 337 00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:50,560 Speaker 1: a ssue with this. Now again, not really like three 338 00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:52,880 Speaker 1: people decided to take a shue with this, but very 339 00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:57,840 Speaker 1: loud three people. Oh, well, Danny's just being blind, Danny's 340 00:18:57,880 --> 00:19:01,080 Speaker 1: just being a mouthpiece, Danny is just being too positive, 341 00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:04,400 Speaker 1: Danny is X, Y and Z. And for a lot 342 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:06,520 Speaker 1: of you that are listening, many of you came out 343 00:19:06,560 --> 00:19:08,000 Speaker 1: to my defense, and I appreciate that. 344 00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:10,919 Speaker 2: I really do appreciate the love. It was very well felt. 345 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:14,920 Speaker 1: I appreciate you guys coming out for me and saying 346 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:19,720 Speaker 1: all the things that you said. But the point really stands, 347 00:19:21,040 --> 00:19:24,719 Speaker 1: even if you consider that the situation is only lateral movement, 348 00:19:25,320 --> 00:19:27,720 Speaker 1: I much rather have the situation that they have now. 349 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:32,239 Speaker 1: Both teams were awful. Both teams were awful win lost record, Right, 350 00:19:32,280 --> 00:19:34,000 Speaker 1: that's what you guys care about, win loss record. 351 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:35,400 Speaker 2: Both teams were awful. 352 00:19:36,119 --> 00:19:39,240 Speaker 1: One doesn't have seven hundred million dollars of debt, four 353 00:19:39,280 --> 00:19:42,240 Speaker 1: hundred on the business side, and three hundred with Stanton's contract, 354 00:19:42,880 --> 00:19:45,160 Speaker 1: and one doesn't have the worst farm system in baseball. 355 00:19:45,920 --> 00:19:48,679 Speaker 1: Give me, give me that one. Give me the present 356 00:19:48,760 --> 00:19:50,760 Speaker 1: team that has about to be a top ten farm 357 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:53,560 Speaker 1: system in baseball and actually has financial flexibility. 358 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:57,160 Speaker 2: Forget what we want to talk about with the rebuilt. 359 00:19:57,280 --> 00:19:59,160 Speaker 2: We could talk about the good moves and the bad moves. 360 00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:02,560 Speaker 1: We can talk about what has to happen with the drafting, 361 00:20:02,720 --> 00:20:05,600 Speaker 1: with development, the issues that they've had. That's fine, you 362 00:20:05,640 --> 00:20:07,560 Speaker 1: want to have that conversation, we can have it. That's 363 00:20:07,560 --> 00:20:13,000 Speaker 1: not an issue. But at point blank range, give me 364 00:20:13,080 --> 00:20:16,639 Speaker 1: the team that has a future over the team that doesn't, 365 00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:20,679 Speaker 1: especially when in this win streak we saw why the 366 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:25,080 Speaker 1: future might be a lot brighter than individuals give credit for. 367 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:27,280 Speaker 2: The second piece. 368 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:31,200 Speaker 1: Like I mentioned before, Momra weekend is usually a good 369 00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:33,680 Speaker 1: time to check in. It's a good time to check 370 00:20:33,680 --> 00:20:35,840 Speaker 1: in if your team is a playoff team, where you 371 00:20:35,880 --> 00:20:38,359 Speaker 1: are in the standings, if your team is a team 372 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:40,359 Speaker 1: that you hope to be in the World Series. What 373 00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:42,760 Speaker 1: pieces do we need to add over the next month 374 00:20:42,760 --> 00:20:45,679 Speaker 1: and a half to be able to solidify the roster 375 00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:49,680 Speaker 1: for the Marlins. The reality is that you're in a 376 00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:54,480 Speaker 1: rebuild and in a rebuild, there's really two frames of thought. One, 377 00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:57,919 Speaker 1: how are our veterans doing so that we can the 378 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:00,960 Speaker 1: veterans that are in one year deals could likely move 379 00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:05,520 Speaker 1: them at the trade deadline and get value back. And two, 380 00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:08,680 Speaker 1: how is the future core performing both at the major 381 00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:11,600 Speaker 1: league level and at the minor league level. Now, for 382 00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:14,320 Speaker 1: the minor league level, log in to earning their stripes. 383 00:21:14,320 --> 00:21:16,760 Speaker 1: We're going to talk about it tomorrow. But for the 384 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:20,080 Speaker 1: major league level, let's have that discussion. Number one, I'll 385 00:21:20,080 --> 00:21:22,760 Speaker 1: say this for those that have asked us questions about 386 00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:25,160 Speaker 1: the trade deadline and the trade deadline. As soon as 387 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:26,760 Speaker 1: we get closer to the trade deadline, I'm gonna have 388 00:21:26,760 --> 00:21:30,240 Speaker 1: a special on that. The entire forty five minutes to 389 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:32,880 Speaker 1: an hour will be about players that I would target, 390 00:21:32,920 --> 00:21:36,000 Speaker 1: players that might fit a need moving forward, and the 391 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:39,000 Speaker 1: players obviously that will be let go or traded away. 392 00:21:40,160 --> 00:21:43,720 Speaker 1: But just as a brief thought, at the moment, I 393 00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:47,440 Speaker 1: would probably say Jose Urania is gone. I would likely 394 00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:51,040 Speaker 1: say Starlin Castro gets moved. I would imagine Neil Walker 395 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:54,919 Speaker 1: gets moved as well Sergio Romo, and then we'll have 396 00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:59,040 Speaker 1: to see moving forward. If Curtis Granderson demands any value 397 00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:00,200 Speaker 1: moving back or whatever the. 398 00:22:00,160 --> 00:22:00,800 Speaker 2: Case may be. 399 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:05,160 Speaker 1: What I will also add is that I think I 400 00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:07,800 Speaker 1: think they're going to focus on international spending. So I 401 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:09,600 Speaker 1: think that they're going to try to get some pieces 402 00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:12,720 Speaker 1: back for international money to spend on the international market, 403 00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:16,040 Speaker 1: which makes so much sense and sense and like I said, 404 00:22:16,119 --> 00:22:18,679 Speaker 1: should have been happening for years. And then of course 405 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:19,840 Speaker 1: they're going to focus on bats. 406 00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:20,440 Speaker 2: That would be my. 407 00:22:20,359 --> 00:22:23,080 Speaker 1: Mentality, that would be what I would expect. I would 408 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:27,600 Speaker 1: think jose Urania could bring back a solid amount of value, 409 00:22:27,920 --> 00:22:30,000 Speaker 1: the same with Neil Walker the way he's performing, But 410 00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:32,719 Speaker 1: again that'll be for a special we'll dive into that 411 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:36,600 Speaker 1: at a later date. But what about the value of 412 00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:39,199 Speaker 1: the players that might be here in the future. The 413 00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:42,080 Speaker 1: Marlins have and this is you know war and I 414 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:46,120 Speaker 1: use fangrafts, so f war War is very dynamic. It'll 415 00:22:46,160 --> 00:22:48,560 Speaker 1: change from a day to day, not drastically, of course, 416 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:50,600 Speaker 1: But of course the information I'm giving you is just 417 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:55,560 Speaker 1: from right now. They have ten players playing above replacement level, 418 00:22:56,080 --> 00:22:59,480 Speaker 1: so wars wins above replacement and basically says how good 419 00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:02,959 Speaker 1: are you and imperative to the replacement level? The random 420 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:05,760 Speaker 1: replacement level in the major leagues, a minor leaguer comes 421 00:23:05,800 --> 00:23:08,440 Speaker 1: up to you and plays at this level, are you performing. 422 00:23:08,040 --> 00:23:08,560 Speaker 2: Better than them? 423 00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:12,200 Speaker 1: Are you providing more value for your team or less? 424 00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:14,320 Speaker 1: Or are you no different if a random minor leaguer 425 00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:17,120 Speaker 1: came and replaced you. That's a very brief, elementary way 426 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:21,159 Speaker 1: of describing it. But basically it looks at value. Okay, 427 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:25,040 Speaker 1: zero is average, and for instance, Mike Trott at the 428 00:23:25,040 --> 00:23:27,600 Speaker 1: moment is like a three point two something at war 429 00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:31,720 Speaker 1: value three point two. This is dynamic. Trout will end up, 430 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:32,320 Speaker 1: you know. 431 00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:35,360 Speaker 2: With a higher f war towards the end of the year. 432 00:23:35,359 --> 00:23:37,720 Speaker 1: But it's just to give you an example. The Marlins 433 00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:41,680 Speaker 1: have ten players at the moment playing above replacement level, 434 00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:46,200 Speaker 1: so playing above a zero point zero f war. Eight 435 00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:51,200 Speaker 1: of them are future pieces. This is where you should 436 00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:54,080 Speaker 1: listen and just take a second and say, ah, that 437 00:23:54,119 --> 00:23:57,960 Speaker 1: feels good, because then the players that are actually doing 438 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:02,159 Speaker 1: something showing that they might be something someday. The vast 439 00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:05,760 Speaker 1: majority of those players are the players that we're actually 440 00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:10,160 Speaker 1: looking for to do something and be something some day. 441 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:15,000 Speaker 1: On the offensive side, Anderson and al Farro lead the charge. 442 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:17,960 Speaker 1: They both have a point six war zero point six 443 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:23,520 Speaker 1: war Harold Ramirez in his young time already, and this 444 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:25,600 Speaker 1: will happen when you have the slash that I shared 445 00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:28,159 Speaker 1: with you earlier, and even with playing out a position 446 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:31,200 Speaker 1: in the defensive miscues is ready at a zero point three. 447 00:24:31,960 --> 00:24:34,440 Speaker 1: Those are the three young offensive guys that you're looking 448 00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:37,120 Speaker 1: at and saying, Okay, they're playing above replacement level, even 449 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:40,320 Speaker 1: though at this early in the campaign and at those numbers, 450 00:24:40,359 --> 00:24:42,920 Speaker 1: I'm not saying that there's anything extraordinary about what they're doing, 451 00:24:44,520 --> 00:24:46,960 Speaker 1: but they're playing around what you would. 452 00:24:46,720 --> 00:24:47,359 Speaker 2: Expect them to be. 453 00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:51,520 Speaker 1: On the pitching side, Caleb Smith is at a one 454 00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:54,959 Speaker 1: point four, Lopez is at a zero point seven, Uranias 455 00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:58,080 Speaker 1: at zero point six, Sandy's at a point five, and 456 00:24:58,119 --> 00:25:01,160 Speaker 1: then you have Nick Anderson and Richards point three point two. 457 00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:05,320 Speaker 1: Those are the players right now playing above replacement level, 458 00:25:06,320 --> 00:25:08,600 Speaker 1: and it's beautiful to see so many of them being 459 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:11,480 Speaker 1: the guys that you want to at some point call 460 00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:14,920 Speaker 1: your core to give you a little bit more perspective 461 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:17,960 Speaker 1: on what those numbers are, because I understand that point three, 462 00:25:18,080 --> 00:25:19,680 Speaker 1: Danny point six, what does that even mean? 463 00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:20,040 Speaker 2: Okay? 464 00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:25,760 Speaker 1: George Alfaro is the fifth ranked catcher in the National League. 465 00:25:26,560 --> 00:25:31,760 Speaker 1: That gives you perspective, Brian Anderson is the ninth ranked 466 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:35,720 Speaker 1: third baseman in the National League. Now, Brian Anderson has 467 00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:40,040 Speaker 1: the same war as Alfaro, but Anderson's position is just 468 00:25:40,359 --> 00:25:45,000 Speaker 1: loaded with talent, whether it's Machado, whether it's Eronato, whether 469 00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:49,800 Speaker 1: it's Chris Bryant, just loaded with talent up and down. 470 00:25:50,119 --> 00:25:54,760 Speaker 1: Mustakas has split time at third as well, players that 471 00:25:54,840 --> 00:25:57,439 Speaker 1: are going to drop over in the value. 472 00:25:57,440 --> 00:25:59,120 Speaker 2: But then understand this. 473 00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:02,919 Speaker 1: At a young age, Brian Anderson is already showing that 474 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:04,080 Speaker 1: he can compete. 475 00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:06,960 Speaker 2: With the best. And this is after. 476 00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:12,840 Speaker 1: Again both alfa Ro and Anderson having awful two weeks slumping. 477 00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:18,000 Speaker 1: Neil Walker's the tenth rated first baseman and he's going 478 00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:20,040 Speaker 1: to be someone that again is going to be mentioned 479 00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:22,680 Speaker 1: in the trade deadline. On the pitching side, Kayleb Smith 480 00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:25,320 Speaker 1: is the number one left handed pitcher in the NL. 481 00:26:26,119 --> 00:26:29,159 Speaker 1: Pabolopez is the number twenty four right handed pitcher in 482 00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:32,080 Speaker 1: the NL. And before twenty four seems really great or 483 00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:35,800 Speaker 1: not great, Let's put it into perspective. You have fifteen 484 00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:39,680 Speaker 1: teams in the NL, you have five pitchers per rotation, 485 00:26:40,240 --> 00:26:43,680 Speaker 1: a majority are typically right handed, So being twenty four 486 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:47,560 Speaker 1: in the National League is actually relatively good. Jose Uranius 487 00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:51,560 Speaker 1: thirty one, Alcantros thirty three, richards Is thirty six. You 488 00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:54,639 Speaker 1: have all of your starting pitchers in the top thirty 489 00:26:54,760 --> 00:26:58,280 Speaker 1: six in their position. It's a beautiful thing to see 490 00:26:58,480 --> 00:27:03,479 Speaker 1: Alfao top five and then ninth. What you're seeing there 491 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:06,679 Speaker 1: are individuals showing that they are going to be a 492 00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:09,480 Speaker 1: part of the future if they continue their developmental directory. 493 00:27:10,119 --> 00:27:14,280 Speaker 1: There's no doubt, no doubt at all, that that could change. 494 00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:20,200 Speaker 1: It could a Alfaro's inability to stay within the strike zone. 495 00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:23,480 Speaker 1: Catchers are rather pitchers can start framing so that he's 496 00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:26,320 Speaker 1: outside of the strike zone. Continue to have him swinging, 497 00:27:27,040 --> 00:27:30,160 Speaker 1: just deplete and no exit velocity in the world is going. 498 00:27:30,080 --> 00:27:30,480 Speaker 2: To do anything. 499 00:27:30,520 --> 00:27:34,159 Speaker 1: If you can't make contact Anderson, the playbook might be 500 00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:36,480 Speaker 1: out on him already. If he's going to continue pressing 501 00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:38,560 Speaker 1: and he's also going to start singing out of the zone, 502 00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:40,720 Speaker 1: keep giving it to him. No one's going to protect 503 00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:42,960 Speaker 1: him in this lineup anyway, whether if we believe that 504 00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:48,040 Speaker 1: that's protective factors or not. And yet I don't feel 505 00:27:48,119 --> 00:27:51,920 Speaker 1: like that. I don't believe that George Alfaro and Brian 506 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:53,960 Speaker 1: Anderson are going to be anything less in their primes 507 00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:54,800 Speaker 1: than they are right now. 508 00:27:56,520 --> 00:27:59,080 Speaker 2: So if the worst, if the worst that. 509 00:27:59,119 --> 00:28:02,159 Speaker 1: Brian Anderson and Georgie Alfero r in their primes is 510 00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:05,040 Speaker 1: the fifth ranked capture in baseball or in the NL, 511 00:28:05,359 --> 00:28:08,000 Speaker 1: and the ninth third baseman in the NL, then I'm 512 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:11,840 Speaker 1: okay with that. But they won't be because they're twenty 513 00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:13,400 Speaker 1: five to twenty six, not entering their prime. 514 00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:18,000 Speaker 2: Yet. It's a positive. 515 00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:20,960 Speaker 1: Thing when we're looking at these young players in a 516 00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:27,480 Speaker 1: rebuilding developmental year, show that they can stick around. Now, 517 00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:31,399 Speaker 1: when you add Monte and Nissan and Brinton to that 518 00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:34,840 Speaker 1: category and when they're up here whenever that time may come, 519 00:28:35,600 --> 00:28:38,040 Speaker 1: then you're really talking about that glimpse of the future 520 00:28:38,880 --> 00:28:42,800 Speaker 1: that we discussed earlier. But talking about the glimpse of 521 00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:44,920 Speaker 1: the future, then let's go into the dialogue question. The 522 00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:47,440 Speaker 1: dialogue question that was sent my way was an interesting one. 523 00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:50,680 Speaker 1: It was, you know, who are the Marlins faces of 524 00:28:50,720 --> 00:28:55,160 Speaker 1: the franchise moving forward? And for me, it's a relatively 525 00:28:56,560 --> 00:28:58,080 Speaker 1: simple way. 526 00:28:57,920 --> 00:28:58,520 Speaker 2: Of looking at it. 527 00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:02,560 Speaker 1: I say this number one, any free agent that come, 528 00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:04,400 Speaker 1: of course, is going to be a face of the franchise. Right. 529 00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:07,320 Speaker 1: Let's say that this offseason they go get Jose Albrau 530 00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:09,880 Speaker 1: from the Chicago White Sox. They place them at first. 531 00:29:09,880 --> 00:29:11,920 Speaker 1: You have a Cuban first baseman. They spent money to 532 00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:13,840 Speaker 1: get him here. He's going to be someone who's the 533 00:29:13,840 --> 00:29:16,560 Speaker 1: face of the franchise. It works that he's Cuban, it 534 00:29:16,600 --> 00:29:19,400 Speaker 1: works that he's a slugger. It works that it's free agency. 535 00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:21,320 Speaker 1: And when you spend money to bring someone over, you're 536 00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:23,800 Speaker 1: going to spend money to market them. So any free 537 00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:30,120 Speaker 1: agency addition of value, right, someone who is obviously recognizable. 538 00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:32,920 Speaker 1: That's the cheap answer that I could give you, Jose 539 00:29:32,960 --> 00:29:35,320 Speaker 1: Abra If you know twenty twenty one, twenty twenty two, 540 00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:37,400 Speaker 1: they go after Francisco Lindor, you better believe he's going 541 00:29:37,440 --> 00:29:39,480 Speaker 1: to be the face of the franchise. But I'm assuming 542 00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:41,400 Speaker 1: very slafey. This is not what the person that sent 543 00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:45,560 Speaker 1: this it meant, they meant internally. So to me, if 544 00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:48,200 Speaker 1: I'm not talking about a free agent, I'm talking about internally. 545 00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:50,920 Speaker 1: I think that there's two ways to become a face 546 00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:55,600 Speaker 1: of a franchise. The first way is just pure talent. 547 00:29:56,560 --> 00:29:59,960 Speaker 1: The second way is there's something marketable about that person, 548 00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:04,720 Speaker 1: and the third way is the pie in the sky, 549 00:30:05,520 --> 00:30:10,000 Speaker 1: the perfect combination the Jose Fernandez, who has the talent 550 00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:13,960 Speaker 1: and has the marketability. So if the question is who 551 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:15,280 Speaker 1: is going to be the face of the franchise like 552 00:30:15,320 --> 00:30:17,120 Speaker 1: Jose Fernandez, I have bad news for you because I 553 00:30:17,120 --> 00:30:21,320 Speaker 1: don't believe that'll happen again. Jose was the perfect combination 554 00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:27,080 Speaker 1: of absolute ace material, top shelf, top tier talent, and 555 00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:31,080 Speaker 1: an easy personality to love. He was Cuban, you know, 556 00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:34,960 Speaker 1: even in that situation, even in the Cuban conversation, he 557 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:37,280 Speaker 1: didn't have some of the question marks surrounding him about 558 00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:40,960 Speaker 1: what some of the players now might have that dissented 559 00:30:41,080 --> 00:30:44,280 Speaker 1: from Cuba, which is you're in a very anti castro 560 00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:47,040 Speaker 1: type of thinking here in South Florida. But some of 561 00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:50,040 Speaker 1: these players necessarily aren't. They're just Cuban. That's a question 562 00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:51,920 Speaker 1: that's been surrounded around some of the players. And I 563 00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:55,440 Speaker 1: won't name anyone, right, but are they as marketable if 564 00:30:55,480 --> 00:30:58,880 Speaker 1: they are okay with the castro regime if they aren't. 565 00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:01,320 Speaker 1: But either way we're going to go with, well, Cuban 566 00:31:01,520 --> 00:31:06,880 Speaker 1: it works in Miami. Jose Fernandez was perfect. But we're 567 00:31:06,880 --> 00:31:08,680 Speaker 1: not gonna have a Jose Fernandez, So then what do 568 00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:14,200 Speaker 1: we have? I'll say from the personality standpoint, if Monte 569 00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:17,520 Speaker 1: Harrison even becomes an average big league player, which I 570 00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:20,320 Speaker 1: believe he will, he will be better than average. 571 00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:22,760 Speaker 2: That's your face. 572 00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:27,360 Speaker 1: You don't get much better personality wise than Monte Harrison, 573 00:31:28,360 --> 00:31:32,160 Speaker 1: you know, fan wise, fan engagement. He was amazing when 574 00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:35,440 Speaker 1: we interviewed him on earning their stripes. It just an 575 00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:40,760 Speaker 1: incredibly intelligent, kind, thoughtful, genuine person who has a lot 576 00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:43,800 Speaker 1: of confidence and a lot of swag. Honestly, I hate 577 00:31:43,880 --> 00:31:46,680 Speaker 1: using that word, but it's the truth. I hate using 578 00:31:46,720 --> 00:31:48,800 Speaker 1: because everyone over uses it, but it's the truth. You 579 00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:52,120 Speaker 1: look at him, and he has He's just dripping with 580 00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:55,160 Speaker 1: confidence and with style. And he spoke about that in 581 00:31:55,200 --> 00:31:57,520 Speaker 1: the interview, why he dresses the way he does, why 582 00:31:57,560 --> 00:31:59,280 Speaker 1: he accessorizes the way he does. So go ahead and 583 00:31:59,360 --> 00:32:05,880 Speaker 1: listen to it. But he's also talented. Now for the 584 00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:09,040 Speaker 1: pure talented, Oh man, you better believe that when six 585 00:32:09,080 --> 00:32:12,320 Speaker 1: though Sanchez comes up? Was it they're calling it on 586 00:32:12,360 --> 00:32:15,880 Speaker 1: Twitter and notcha the six dough? You better believe that 587 00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:18,320 Speaker 1: people are gonna show up because here's what you might 588 00:32:18,320 --> 00:32:21,560 Speaker 1: not understand about six do Sanchez yet if he stays healthy, 589 00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:25,280 Speaker 1: because there will always be questions about shorter starting pitchers 590 00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:28,440 Speaker 1: who throw ninety eight if they're durable, if they can 591 00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:31,920 Speaker 1: maintain that type of velocity and that type of wear 592 00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:36,960 Speaker 1: and tear on their arm. But if he can, there's 593 00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:42,760 Speaker 1: a reason he gets compared to Pedro Martinez. And I'll 594 00:32:42,760 --> 00:32:45,640 Speaker 1: be frank, I remember a lot of individuals not even 595 00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:48,280 Speaker 1: liking Pedro Martinez very much. And that's not just Yankee fans, 596 00:32:48,480 --> 00:32:52,360 Speaker 1: even individuals in Red Sox Nation. But the talent was 597 00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:58,760 Speaker 1: so special, the talent was so top shelf that it 598 00:32:58,840 --> 00:33:01,120 Speaker 1: was so easy to market him because everyone wanted to 599 00:33:01,160 --> 00:33:04,520 Speaker 1: see him pitch every fifth night. And that would be 600 00:33:04,520 --> 00:33:08,360 Speaker 1: the same thing with six Do Sanchez. It would be 601 00:33:08,360 --> 00:33:10,560 Speaker 1: the same thing with six Do Sanchez. It would be 602 00:33:10,600 --> 00:33:12,880 Speaker 1: the same thing with a lot of the pitchers that 603 00:33:12,920 --> 00:33:17,120 Speaker 1: are coming up that have that ace potential, pitchers that 604 00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:19,200 Speaker 1: are performing. Again, every night that you go on to 605 00:33:19,280 --> 00:33:22,680 Speaker 1: the affiliates, you're going to see some pitcher. We had 606 00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:24,600 Speaker 1: like back to back no hitters through the seventh inning 607 00:33:24,600 --> 00:33:29,040 Speaker 1: this last week, Trevor Rodgers. Whether it's Braxon Gear, whether 608 00:33:29,040 --> 00:33:33,000 Speaker 1: it's Jordan Holloway, whether it's Edward Cabrera. If you want marketability, 609 00:33:33,080 --> 00:33:33,720 Speaker 1: it's going to be. 610 00:33:33,680 --> 00:33:34,400 Speaker 2: The pitching staff. 611 00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:40,200 Speaker 1: If you want personality, it's gonna be the Monte Harrisons 612 00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:44,040 Speaker 1: of the world. It's gonna be the Sandiaz that you 613 00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:47,320 Speaker 1: look at him again, that Robinson cano swing, that that 614 00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:51,400 Speaker 1: kindness about him, but a little bit of swagger and 615 00:33:51,520 --> 00:33:55,040 Speaker 1: he has the talent. Lewis Brinton is someone who could 616 00:33:55,040 --> 00:33:56,320 Speaker 1: still be the face of the franchise. 617 00:33:56,760 --> 00:33:58,160 Speaker 2: There's no doubt that he could. 618 00:33:58,520 --> 00:34:01,680 Speaker 1: Local kid, really nice, really genuine Again, of course he's 619 00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:05,680 Speaker 1: had his struggles, we understand that. But what stops him 620 00:34:05,840 --> 00:34:08,880 Speaker 1: at again only six months older than the average rookie, 621 00:34:09,160 --> 00:34:13,239 Speaker 1: from coming up later this year, going and showing the 622 00:34:13,280 --> 00:34:17,279 Speaker 1: tools that he's had before. And when you're talking about 623 00:34:17,280 --> 00:34:20,120 Speaker 1: a local product and you're talking about a nice, genuinely 624 00:34:20,200 --> 00:34:25,280 Speaker 1: nice individual face of the franchise, and then you start 625 00:34:25,320 --> 00:34:30,719 Speaker 1: to think about the Cuban element. Victor Victor Masa could 626 00:34:30,800 --> 00:34:33,719 Speaker 1: easily become someone who is the face of the Miami Marlins. 627 00:34:35,239 --> 00:34:37,920 Speaker 1: Victor Masa Junior can easily become someone who is the 628 00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:42,239 Speaker 1: face of the Miami Marlins. See the catch with the 629 00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:48,279 Speaker 1: Marlins is that there's a lot of options. It's just 630 00:34:48,320 --> 00:34:52,319 Speaker 1: about them getting here. It's about the fan base having 631 00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:57,160 Speaker 1: patience while they're not here yet. It's about understanding that 632 00:34:57,239 --> 00:34:58,880 Speaker 1: if we have to look at the box score for 633 00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:00,840 Speaker 1: the New Orleans Baby Cake, which is the Triple A 634 00:35:00,840 --> 00:35:04,359 Speaker 1: affiliates of the Marlins, to see the future every single night, 635 00:35:04,440 --> 00:35:07,239 Speaker 1: Monte Harrison E. San Diaz, now Lewis Brinson or if 636 00:35:07,239 --> 00:35:10,400 Speaker 1: it's Zach Gallen or whoever the case is, is lighting. 637 00:35:10,200 --> 00:35:11,480 Speaker 2: Up the box score for you. 638 00:35:12,880 --> 00:35:15,920 Speaker 1: It is to have the patience that your face of 639 00:35:15,960 --> 00:35:20,319 Speaker 1: the franchise isn't quite ready yet and. 640 00:35:20,360 --> 00:35:22,680 Speaker 2: Isn't here now. 641 00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:25,520 Speaker 1: As for individuals that are here, you can make a 642 00:35:25,520 --> 00:35:27,800 Speaker 1: case that George Offaro could be the face of the franchise. 643 00:35:27,840 --> 00:35:28,960 Speaker 2: He's extremely marketable. 644 00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:36,040 Speaker 1: He's on pace to almost double his his career home 645 00:35:36,120 --> 00:35:44,640 Speaker 1: run rate this year. He's Hispanics, he has when he speaks, 646 00:35:44,640 --> 00:35:47,960 Speaker 1: he has that leadership quality about him when you meet him. 647 00:35:47,960 --> 00:35:52,120 Speaker 1: He's one of the nicest people around. And he's good. 648 00:35:52,480 --> 00:35:55,520 Speaker 1: He's good, and what he's good at is he's flashy. 649 00:35:55,680 --> 00:35:57,680 Speaker 2: He has the cannon arm and. 650 00:35:57,640 --> 00:35:59,239 Speaker 1: When he hits the ball it goes one hundred and 651 00:35:59,280 --> 00:36:01,920 Speaker 1: fifty miles an hour. A little bit of an exaggeration, 652 00:36:02,040 --> 00:36:05,400 Speaker 1: but really not that far off. He's a exit velocities 653 00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:09,640 Speaker 1: like in the nineties high nineties. This is someone that 654 00:36:09,680 --> 00:36:13,000 Speaker 1: you could build around and someone who can immediately again 655 00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:16,880 Speaker 1: at a young age. He's already immediately the fifth highest 656 00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:20,160 Speaker 1: ranked catcher in the National League, which for what it's worth, 657 00:36:20,719 --> 00:36:25,200 Speaker 1: he was even better last year, but obviously he had 658 00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:28,319 Speaker 1: his struggles this year. That's someone who could easily be 659 00:36:28,360 --> 00:36:33,279 Speaker 1: the face of the franchise. And then that's without even 660 00:36:33,320 --> 00:36:36,399 Speaker 1: mentioning someone like what I like to resemble the Mike 661 00:36:36,520 --> 00:36:39,879 Speaker 1: Lowle effect. Mike Lowell had a lot of elements going 662 00:36:39,920 --> 00:36:42,840 Speaker 1: to his game as well. He was hispanic, he engaged 663 00:36:42,840 --> 00:36:45,560 Speaker 1: with the fan base. But something that was always overlooked 664 00:36:45,560 --> 00:36:49,000 Speaker 1: with him is that he was so incredibly consistent. When 665 00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:51,040 Speaker 1: you put on a Marlins game during that era, you 666 00:36:51,120 --> 00:36:53,000 Speaker 1: knew that Loll was going to get you on base, 667 00:36:53,480 --> 00:36:57,440 Speaker 1: that Loll was going to play his normal defense at third, 668 00:36:57,960 --> 00:37:00,000 Speaker 1: that he was going to smile while he was doing it. 669 00:37:00,960 --> 00:37:02,400 Speaker 2: There was something. 670 00:37:02,160 --> 00:37:07,560 Speaker 1: Elegant about Mike Lowles's tenure with the Marlins. Wasn't flashy, 671 00:37:08,280 --> 00:37:12,319 Speaker 1: wasn't overly loud, but he got the job done. Who 672 00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:16,800 Speaker 1: does that remind you of? I mean, my answer is simple. 673 00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:17,920 Speaker 2: Brian Anderson. 674 00:37:19,080 --> 00:37:22,600 Speaker 1: Brian Anderson is someone who you might not choose right 675 00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:27,120 Speaker 1: as the marketing capital if you're coming into the Marlins, 676 00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:32,120 Speaker 1: But man, he's gonna be consistent with you every time. 677 00:37:31,920 --> 00:37:33,160 Speaker 2: You put on the game. 678 00:37:33,200 --> 00:37:36,480 Speaker 1: He's gonna play above average defense at third and if 679 00:37:36,480 --> 00:37:38,319 Speaker 1: they put him the right fields, he's gonna play above 680 00:37:38,360 --> 00:37:40,960 Speaker 1: average defense there. He's gonna go up to the bat, 681 00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:44,680 Speaker 1: he's gonna take his walk, he's gonna lean into a few. Already, 682 00:37:44,719 --> 00:37:47,600 Speaker 1: he's on pace to out homer his career high from 683 00:37:47,640 --> 00:37:48,080 Speaker 1: last year. 684 00:37:50,280 --> 00:37:51,839 Speaker 2: This is someone who you could look. 685 00:37:51,760 --> 00:37:54,759 Speaker 1: At and say, that's your Michael Do you need your 686 00:37:54,760 --> 00:37:58,280 Speaker 1: Dontrelle Willis, Yes, do you need your Mickey Cabrera? 687 00:37:58,400 --> 00:37:58,600 Speaker 5: Yes? 688 00:37:59,440 --> 00:38:02,640 Speaker 1: Do you need You're more highly marketable players, but having 689 00:38:02,680 --> 00:38:05,000 Speaker 1: yourself your Mike Low is a good start. 690 00:38:07,920 --> 00:38:08,200 Speaker 2: Now. 691 00:38:08,320 --> 00:38:11,000 Speaker 1: I listed a whole bunch. I listed individuals in the 692 00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:13,680 Speaker 1: minor league. I listened to individuals in you know, the 693 00:38:13,719 --> 00:38:15,400 Speaker 1: major league. I gave you a whole bunch of reasons. 694 00:38:15,440 --> 00:38:20,360 Speaker 1: It was a very political answer, but that's a testament 695 00:38:20,440 --> 00:38:24,240 Speaker 1: to something. The face of the franchise can come from anyone. 696 00:38:26,480 --> 00:38:28,680 Speaker 1: The face of the franchise can be a prospect in 697 00:38:28,680 --> 00:38:30,359 Speaker 1: the minor leagues right now that you've never heard of, 698 00:38:31,360 --> 00:38:33,520 Speaker 1: who develops the way that he should and has a 699 00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:37,239 Speaker 1: good head on his shoulders. The face of the franchise 700 00:38:37,680 --> 00:38:40,000 Speaker 1: can be six Do Sanchez, It could be Victor Victor Mesa. 701 00:38:40,040 --> 00:38:42,960 Speaker 1: It could be Victor Masa's little brother. It could be 702 00:38:42,960 --> 00:38:44,800 Speaker 1: Brian Anderson, it could be Georgie Afarrow, it could be 703 00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:48,040 Speaker 1: the pitching staff. Because the Marlins have done a good job. 704 00:38:49,040 --> 00:38:50,880 Speaker 1: And I know in South Florida we bring up this 705 00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:55,640 Speaker 1: culture talk with you know, the Heat and with the Dolphins. 706 00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:59,440 Speaker 1: I won't try to mimic the culture talk. I'll just 707 00:38:59,480 --> 00:39:01,040 Speaker 1: say that the I mean Marlins have given you a 708 00:39:01,040 --> 00:39:06,239 Speaker 1: lot of options to like that the players want to 709 00:39:06,280 --> 00:39:12,680 Speaker 1: be here, and that when they perform and when they 710 00:39:12,719 --> 00:39:17,000 Speaker 1: get that call up, and when you're seeing a lineup 711 00:39:17,040 --> 00:39:23,400 Speaker 1: of Anderson and Diaz and Monte and Ramirez and Alfao Brinson, 712 00:39:24,280 --> 00:39:28,640 Speaker 1: on and on you go, You're gonna remember when we 713 00:39:28,680 --> 00:39:30,920 Speaker 1: had that conversation about the face of the franchise, when 714 00:39:30,960 --> 00:39:33,799 Speaker 1: you had that conversation about wins and losses maybe not 715 00:39:33,840 --> 00:39:38,520 Speaker 1: being the most important thing, And we're going to begin 716 00:39:38,600 --> 00:39:43,520 Speaker 1: to appreciate the fact that they've built something that we 717 00:39:43,560 --> 00:39:47,799 Speaker 1: can again, enjoy all Right. Next week, I am going 718 00:39:47,800 --> 00:39:53,759 Speaker 1: to have George Alvarado. George's is an awesome fan and 719 00:39:53,760 --> 00:39:55,719 Speaker 1: he's someone that I engage with often on Twitter and 720 00:39:55,960 --> 00:39:58,279 Speaker 1: through private message. One of the nicest guys that you 721 00:39:58,320 --> 00:40:02,360 Speaker 1: can talk to Marlin's fandom. He's gonna come on if 722 00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:03,880 Speaker 1: in case you want to look up for his Twitter. 723 00:40:03,960 --> 00:40:06,239 Speaker 1: His Twitter is at gz in the House. So j 724 00:40:06,480 --> 00:40:11,799 Speaker 1: e e z y in the House. Just a really 725 00:40:11,880 --> 00:40:14,560 Speaker 1: nice guy. I'm really excited. He has a lot of 726 00:40:14,600 --> 00:40:18,080 Speaker 1: different perspectives to share. He has a lot of good 727 00:40:18,120 --> 00:40:20,440 Speaker 1: conversations that we're gonna be able to bring into play, 728 00:40:21,360 --> 00:40:23,680 Speaker 1: and I know that you're gonna genuinely enjoy it because 729 00:40:23,719 --> 00:40:25,560 Speaker 1: I promise you from the bottom of my heart, anytime 730 00:40:25,600 --> 00:40:28,400 Speaker 1: I have a good conversation with him, a good baseball conversation, 731 00:40:28,560 --> 00:40:31,279 Speaker 1: I leave a little bit more enthused and a little 732 00:40:31,280 --> 00:40:32,920 Speaker 1: bit more excited about what it is that I do. 733 00:40:33,520 --> 00:40:35,520 Speaker 1: So make sure to go follow him again. It's George 734 00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:39,520 Speaker 1: at GZ in the House on Twitter. I look forward 735 00:40:39,560 --> 00:40:42,320 Speaker 1: to having y' all here next week as well. Again, 736 00:40:42,560 --> 00:40:44,799 Speaker 1: enjoy your Memorial Day weekend. 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