1 00:00:01,440 --> 00:00:06,040 Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to Big Fish Small Pod. I'm Andrew Wardall. 2 00:00:06,320 --> 00:00:10,920 Speaker 1: Today's July eighth. The Marlins fell to the Mets ten 3 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:15,960 Speaker 1: to zero last night in Queens. Today, second game of 4 00:00:16,040 --> 00:00:24,160 Speaker 1: four in City Field, seven to ten. First pitch Pablo 5 00:00:24,239 --> 00:00:31,680 Speaker 1: Lopez against Chris Bassett today Friday. But for now, I'm 6 00:00:31,680 --> 00:00:36,960 Speaker 1: Andrew Wardall here for the Fish Strips podcast, giving you 7 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:43,680 Speaker 1: kind of the latest talk in Marlins. So like there's 8 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:49,120 Speaker 1: not a lot of like major analytical fact I can 9 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:51,200 Speaker 1: really like pull on the team. 10 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:51,559 Speaker 2: Right now. 11 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:56,640 Speaker 1: We are at the halfway point. Officially, the Marlins are 12 00:00:57,560 --> 00:01:02,840 Speaker 1: eighty one games into this season and it's not quite 13 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:08,120 Speaker 1: shaping up how we hoped, certainly to the extent that 14 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:12,000 Speaker 1: we hope the Marlins would be certainly over five hundred 15 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:13,280 Speaker 1: closer in. 16 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:15,039 Speaker 2: To contention for the division. 17 00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:20,280 Speaker 1: The Mets have like relatively really like run away with it. 18 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:22,600 Speaker 1: It really feels like things have been kind of humming 19 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:27,600 Speaker 1: along a recent six game winning streak. Not that far 20 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:30,920 Speaker 1: in the rear view mirror looking offensive numbers throughout the league, 21 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:34,880 Speaker 1: the Marlins are at like about a seven hundred ohps, 22 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:38,320 Speaker 1: putting them like in the middle of the road. Like offensively, 23 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:45,080 Speaker 1: they're like around fifteenth in the league in like home 24 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:50,320 Speaker 1: runs to at bats. They're producing runs and like a 25 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:53,000 Speaker 1: like a middle ground sort of range. And that was 26 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 1: the big concern going into the year for the Marlins. 27 00:01:56,160 --> 00:01:59,160 Speaker 1: They've like proven to this point that they have that 28 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:04,080 Speaker 1: sort of average offense that we were like hoping for 29 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:09,799 Speaker 1: when you were like potentially looking at twenty twenty two 30 00:02:10,480 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 1: in contention, and it's actually still there and still intact. 31 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 1: It feels like the Marlins like foundation as a ball 32 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:19,040 Speaker 1: club is there. 33 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:23,080 Speaker 2: But beyond that, like I don't want. 34 00:02:22,880 --> 00:02:25,920 Speaker 1: To get too far ahead of myself. I feel like 35 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:28,959 Speaker 1: this is a season that's still very much like on 36 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:34,640 Speaker 1: the screen, so to speak, like these away games they 37 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:40,160 Speaker 1: still matter. This is a team going forward. That's what's 38 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 1: really Like. I feel like I need to like reject 39 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 1: this sort of sabermetric line of thinking this sort of like, oh, 40 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:48,880 Speaker 1: but is the team really good? 41 00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:54,520 Speaker 2: How do we know based on what? When? 42 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:56,640 Speaker 1: Like the reality is I feel like we're just watching 43 00:02:56,680 --> 00:03:00,200 Speaker 1: a good game every single night. And this past night 44 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:05,800 Speaker 1: Marlins Mets ten to zero New York ahead of Miami. 45 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:10,320 Speaker 1: It came as a bit of a shock, Like I myself, 46 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:14,240 Speaker 1: I started watching the game, then I went to the 47 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:18,880 Speaker 1: store and it was two to zero New York. Checked 48 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:22,360 Speaker 1: the score later and my girlfriend made a comment to me, like, 49 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:26,080 Speaker 1: oh uh, did you do something something? 50 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:27,800 Speaker 2: What just happened? 51 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:30,760 Speaker 1: Yo? What out of the way? Breaking boy here high 52 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:35,880 Speaker 1: in the air, deep to left, pretty back at the track, Perricos. 53 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:40,120 Speaker 2: Save Ja Davis. 54 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:43,680 Speaker 1: Ultimately, what I like took from this game is that, like, 55 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 1: I don't know, it didn't actually matter as a game, 56 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:53,560 Speaker 1: like it felt as one of one hundred and sixty 57 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:55,440 Speaker 1: two baseball games. 58 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 2: It was like an odd sort of beat in that. 59 00:03:58,360 --> 00:04:01,760 Speaker 1: Respect, like Daniel, because the starter that you could maybe like, 60 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:07,520 Speaker 1: I mean, obviously your offense needs to score runs, but 61 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:12,080 Speaker 1: along with that having a starter that gives up as 62 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:14,880 Speaker 1: many runs as Daniel Castano did getting through just four 63 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:22,840 Speaker 1: innings and setting up for the loss before the Marlins 64 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:27,440 Speaker 1: were you know, unable to actually come back. What a 65 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:32,400 Speaker 1: spaghetti of a sentence, but making sense of it. Daniel 66 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:37,359 Speaker 1: Pastano came into this year with like a different approach 67 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:38,160 Speaker 1: as a pitcher. 68 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 2: He shown himself to the New York Mets before June. 69 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:50,040 Speaker 1: Twenty sixth pitch seven innings and then today, second time 70 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:52,760 Speaker 1: facing New York, they were able to catch up to 71 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:57,320 Speaker 1: him and get him out of the game and deliver 72 00:04:57,440 --> 00:05:02,200 Speaker 1: that loss. As he's been for the last few years 73 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:08,120 Speaker 1: of spot starter. Daniel Castano really did fill in well 74 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:12,200 Speaker 1: in that relief spot earlier in the year. I've liked 75 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:14,919 Speaker 1: him as a starter as well. It's been like a 76 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 1: challenge with this like minor league system for the Marlins. 77 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:23,480 Speaker 1: Like a Zach mccambley had a six no hit innings 78 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:26,960 Speaker 1: last night for the Blue Watt Who's by the way, 79 00:05:28,279 --> 00:05:31,760 Speaker 1: and Max Meyer, Uri Perez, those are like more of 80 00:05:31,760 --> 00:05:36,520 Speaker 1: the names you're thinking of if you're thinking about going 81 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:39,200 Speaker 1: for it really and that's like the big decision at 82 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:43,240 Speaker 1: the season's midpoint or so, getting a feel for where 83 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:49,520 Speaker 1: the team's at. I'm certainly as a you know, like 84 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:54,440 Speaker 1: a who I am, like a podcast producer, a follower 85 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:59,880 Speaker 1: of the team, fan of the team, and generally personage 86 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:04,600 Speaker 1: in great baseball anywhere and everywhere at all times. 87 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:07,960 Speaker 2: I'm very much. 88 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:11,760 Speaker 1: Interested in this Marlins team pushing forward and like certainly 89 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 1: like adding rather than subtracting as they go forward as 90 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:22,280 Speaker 1: a ball club. So that does lend itself to some 91 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:25,440 Speaker 1: sort of shuffling at some point here or there or whenever. 92 00:06:27,440 --> 00:06:30,880 Speaker 1: But even like a week ago, maybe like last time 93 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:35,560 Speaker 1: through the starting rotation when everyone got a win, like 94 00:06:35,640 --> 00:06:39,000 Speaker 1: it was an even like five games through. I'm not 95 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:42,880 Speaker 1: actually sure if everyone quote got a win as in 96 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:47,479 Speaker 1: the stat but every starting pitcher got to the pitch 97 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:52,320 Speaker 1: in the Marlins win team oriented goals. But anyways, at 98 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:55,560 Speaker 1: that time, it was hard to look at the Marlins 99 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:58,960 Speaker 1: rotation and make any sort of argument that even Max 100 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:01,839 Speaker 1: Meyer should come up to the major league based on 101 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:03,640 Speaker 1: the performance of the rotation. 102 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:07,040 Speaker 2: And after last night's game. 103 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:17,120 Speaker 1: And like the relative like shelling of Daniel Castano, I 104 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:21,640 Speaker 1: don't know. I'm still feeling like a good team got 105 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:26,400 Speaker 1: to Daniel, and that good team's the Mets at a 106 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:31,800 Speaker 1: certain point, certainly not the point yet, but October. 107 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:34,720 Speaker 2: You might need to get past that team. 108 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:38,840 Speaker 1: And maybe you wouldn't necessarily want Daniel Castano to be 109 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:42,960 Speaker 1: in like a like a tight somehow, like a I 110 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:46,360 Speaker 1: don't know, like even like a division series. That's not 111 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:48,640 Speaker 1: so when you would necessarily want to be your starter there. 112 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:51,960 Speaker 1: It seems like they could have his number and keep 113 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:55,120 Speaker 1: it for then too. I asked myself to sort of 114 00:07:55,120 --> 00:07:58,520 Speaker 1: appraise the team at the half on Wednesday, and that's 115 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:01,600 Speaker 1: kind of something that has been a real trick to 116 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:04,200 Speaker 1: do because I still feel like this team is still 117 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:08,360 Speaker 1: like unveiling himself and like showing itself, and I think 118 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:11,760 Speaker 1: that's a real strength to it. There's just absolutely some 119 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:16,400 Speaker 1: room to make some changes and just like clarify some 120 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:21,760 Speaker 1: edges to make the team better as the season goes along. 121 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:25,280 Speaker 1: On the offensive side, you really do want to see 122 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:30,200 Speaker 1: more than two hits for your team. But it's such 123 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:33,320 Speaker 1: a one game thing. It's felt like the offense has 124 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:37,600 Speaker 1: been on a roll. It's actually been since that Cardinal 125 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:40,600 Speaker 1: series of the Marlins have been shut out, scoring about 126 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:45,120 Speaker 1: like two plus runs in every game. It's felt like 127 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:49,760 Speaker 1: the offense has been there, even without some of their starters. 128 00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:54,360 Speaker 1: It makes this ten to zero loss feel more like 129 00:08:54,440 --> 00:08:59,240 Speaker 1: a blip than the norm. And by the numbers the 130 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:02,840 Speaker 1: Marlins offense does stack up in the major leagues, They're 131 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:10,520 Speaker 1: at like a Fangrafts posted seven hundred ops fifteenth in 132 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:14,080 Speaker 1: the majors. Around there in like at bats to home 133 00:09:14,160 --> 00:09:24,040 Speaker 1: run run scored pretty well in that length average sort 134 00:09:24,040 --> 00:09:31,240 Speaker 1: of offensive territory. Offensive territory like landslides. But anyway, it's 135 00:09:31,320 --> 00:09:34,520 Speaker 1: kind of tough to really say where the Marlins are 136 00:09:34,559 --> 00:09:37,800 Speaker 1: at this halfway point, it feels like they're at about 137 00:09:37,880 --> 00:09:42,480 Speaker 1: five hundred. Castano's one for one against the Mets. The 138 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:46,440 Speaker 1: Sandy goinging also in this series. You could maybe even 139 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:48,360 Speaker 1: get ahead of yourself and say that the Marlins are 140 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:51,800 Speaker 1: one and one in this series against the Mets. Now 141 00:09:52,160 --> 00:09:55,640 Speaker 1: keep them right at five hundred. But that's a bit 142 00:09:55,640 --> 00:09:58,240 Speaker 1: like presumptuous. I've always heard that you don't want to like, 143 00:09:59,520 --> 00:10:01,959 Speaker 1: you know, like like a burden hand is worth two 144 00:10:02,240 --> 00:10:05,720 Speaker 1: in the bush. But there are three games left for 145 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:07,560 Speaker 1: the Marlins in. 146 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:09,040 Speaker 2: This Metz series. 147 00:10:09,760 --> 00:10:14,000 Speaker 1: So for me, I Andrew Wardall, that is enough to 148 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:18,880 Speaker 1: say that I think the Marlins could go still for 149 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:23,520 Speaker 1: the three game sweep of the Mets in New York 150 00:10:24,080 --> 00:10:27,920 Speaker 1: after the off day on Thursday. So anyhow, I've been 151 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:32,720 Speaker 1: Andrew Woddall. Today is July eighth. Marlins face the Mets 152 00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:35,640 Speaker 1: today at seven to ten. Stay tuned to Fish Stripes 153 00:10:35,679 --> 00:10:39,360 Speaker 1: to see if there's anything else new before the game.