1 00:00:02,400 --> 00:00:07,600 Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to this edition of big Fish Small Pod. 2 00:00:08,039 --> 00:00:11,440 Speaker 1: As always, big Fish Small Pod is presented by About 3 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:14,200 Speaker 1: the Fans. As always, you can check out About the 4 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:18,919 Speaker 1: Fans for brand new fof merchandise and you can use 5 00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:23,800 Speaker 1: the code fof ten at checkout for ten percent off. 6 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:27,640 Speaker 1: And what a funny day to actually do this specific 7 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:32,519 Speaker 1: episode of big Fish Small Pod on Matt Murvs. As 8 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:35,360 Speaker 1: I am recording this this his birthday, So happy twenty 9 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:38,120 Speaker 1: seventh birthday to mister Matt Murvis and one of the 10 00:00:38,159 --> 00:00:40,520 Speaker 1: time to actually do it as well to just how 11 00:00:40,600 --> 00:00:43,640 Speaker 1: hot of a start that he's been having so far 12 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:45,479 Speaker 1: this season. You can just go ahead and look at 13 00:00:45,479 --> 00:00:48,000 Speaker 1: the stats here to go ahead a little bit. Start 14 00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:50,680 Speaker 1: with Matt Murvers is the guy that was traded early 15 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:54,480 Speaker 1: on in the off season by Peter Bendix from the 16 00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:57,920 Speaker 1: Chicago Cubs. The Cubs with Matt murverers, it just seems 17 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:01,560 Speaker 1: like it wasn't the right fit. He didn't really get 18 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:03,800 Speaker 1: as many as that bat you would hope so from 19 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:07,559 Speaker 1: a guy with his prospect pedigree and the just how 20 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:10,800 Speaker 1: dominant he was also in the minors. You look at 21 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:15,240 Speaker 1: Matt Murrays specifically in the minors that twenty twenty two 22 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:18,679 Speaker 1: season in the minors, he had thirty six home runs 23 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:22,319 Speaker 1: one hundred and nineteen RBIs close to at that one 24 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:26,840 Speaker 1: pointoops with a nine to eight four which is really 25 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 1: close to that ben'smark. And he really showed that prospect 26 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:34,760 Speaker 1: pedigree for the for the Cubs. I believe in twenty 27 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 1: twenty three, he was the fourth best ranked first base 28 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:42,840 Speaker 1: prospect in all of baseball, and Matt Murrays just really 29 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:46,880 Speaker 1: had that ability to go ahead with his power and 30 00:01:46,959 --> 00:01:50,600 Speaker 1: his hit tool for the major Still, only thing that 31 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:53,480 Speaker 1: really got with him was just primarily just really a 32 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:57,800 Speaker 1: first baseman there not really going to play any other 33 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:03,880 Speaker 1: maybe corner other corner info position at third fielding gets 34 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 1: really rough with him, so it's really just the first 35 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:09,639 Speaker 1: base guy to have there and occasionally will also hit 36 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:13,000 Speaker 1: D three to have those two positions. But with Matt 37 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:15,799 Speaker 1: is just really incredible how well he's performed so far 38 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:19,280 Speaker 1: with the Marments, again earlier traded for VINW. Bluhunt, who 39 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:21,440 Speaker 1: both guys at that time just felt like they were 40 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:24,359 Speaker 1: just getting DFAED. It was just ready to see at 41 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:27,080 Speaker 1: what point they were going to get DFA and to 42 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:28,760 Speaker 1: go ahead. You look at it right here on the screen, 43 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 1: it's says twenty twenty four, and then you also have 44 00:02:30,919 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 1: his twenty twenty five stats. With that twenty twenty four stats, 45 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 1: that is not just how much he's had at this 46 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:41,639 Speaker 1: point in the season. They're not we're not comparing maybe 47 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:44,679 Speaker 1: his first forty at bats in the season between twenty 48 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:47,480 Speaker 1: thirty four to twenty five. In twenty twenty four, he 49 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:50,840 Speaker 1: only got twenty six at bats in the major leagues. 50 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:52,919 Speaker 1: So what he's doing right now with the Marmons, he's 51 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:56,240 Speaker 1: already passed. These are almost almost close to doubling that 52 00:02:57,320 --> 00:03:01,200 Speaker 1: in the next week or two. With just how dominant 53 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:04,280 Speaker 1: he's been with the Marlins. You look at you look 54 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:07,680 Speaker 1: at that. Oh ps, that's it's just incredible. In the 55 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:10,840 Speaker 1: same amount of bad bats he gotten last season, now 56 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:13,360 Speaker 1: this year, he already has five home runs, he already 57 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:17,520 Speaker 1: has eleven RBIs. He's playing the best baseball we can 58 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:23,480 Speaker 1: see from Matt Nervis just as well as he's performing. 59 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:28,000 Speaker 1: This is a guy that's not gonna walk entirely too 60 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:31,560 Speaker 1: much for him, but overall, just when Matt murvs has 61 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:33,720 Speaker 1: just been really incredible to see, especially that's the first 62 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:36,880 Speaker 1: base position where it seems like so far this season 63 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:40,160 Speaker 1: has been a rotation of different players for them. For 64 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:43,040 Speaker 1: the Marlins, you look at someone like Eric Wagman join o' briden, 65 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:46,280 Speaker 1: who just got DF fade to now we're gonna have him. 66 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:50,000 Speaker 1: Looks like the Marlins are sticking with that spot right 67 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:54,240 Speaker 1: there between Eric Wagman and Matt Mrvis. But with Nervous 68 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:57,720 Speaker 1: it's just incredible the way that he's been performing so 69 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:02,280 Speaker 1: far this season, with his hit tool, with the way 70 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:05,200 Speaker 1: he's driving and runs and having that power, and just 71 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 1: an occasion if he's coming in on a DH or 72 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:10,560 Speaker 1: he's coming in at a pitch hitting role like we 73 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:12,360 Speaker 1: saw just a few days ago when he had that 74 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:16,160 Speaker 1: pinch home The pinch hit home run against the Nationals 75 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:20,760 Speaker 1: has really been incredible. You look at also slugging just 76 00:04:20,839 --> 00:04:24,920 Speaker 1: everything I've got moo, not just from twenty twenty four, 77 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:27,440 Speaker 1: but also from twenty twenty three, twenty twenty three when 78 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:31,240 Speaker 1: he first got called up. It just feels like the 79 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:33,960 Speaker 1: Cubs really didn't know what they had with him. 80 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:37,919 Speaker 2: Fish On First has partnered with About the Fans to 81 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:42,040 Speaker 2: launch a merchandise collection rep the fof logo and more 82 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:46,799 Speaker 2: Marlins inspired apparel. 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If you can cut 92 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:23,720 Speaker 1: down in half, then this is the guy you put 93 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:26,719 Speaker 1: in DH first base, whatever position you want him to 94 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:28,440 Speaker 1: have there, and that's a guy you said it Forget 95 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:30,440 Speaker 1: to leave him there for the rest of the season 96 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:33,920 Speaker 1: having come out potentially DH or going to give him 97 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:37,520 Speaker 1: some rest. But to have that forty percent strike up 98 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:40,960 Speaker 1: percentage is not something you want. I understand you have 99 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:43,719 Speaker 1: that you have that rate with forty percent, but he 100 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:47,040 Speaker 1: is also giving you home run home runs RBI, something 101 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:49,480 Speaker 1: the Marlins also have been lacking. I believe right now 102 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:53,159 Speaker 1: recording he's still tied I believe, in the top five 103 00:05:53,640 --> 00:05:56,159 Speaker 1: for home runs in the National League. And that's something 104 00:05:56,160 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 1: the Mormons have been have been wanting. And when you're getting. 105 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:04,919 Speaker 1: Also with Matt Murvers, you're getting him you trade Vidaw Bhan. 106 00:06:05,279 --> 00:06:09,680 Speaker 1: This is I believe anything extra the you would have 107 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:12,360 Speaker 1: gotten in that trade is just more than what you 108 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:15,919 Speaker 1: could have possibly bargained for Without Buhan. I understood played 109 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:19,840 Speaker 1: multiple positions, but it just wasn't really anything to write 110 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:23,800 Speaker 1: home about with his hit tool. But with Matt Murvis, again, 111 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:28,440 Speaker 1: maybe you're taking out his defensive capabilities, but you're getting 112 00:06:28,480 --> 00:06:31,280 Speaker 1: the home runs, you're getting the RBIs, you're getting the 113 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:33,560 Speaker 1: batting average, you're getting the slug and you're getting everything 114 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:35,600 Speaker 1: that you wanted in a player. And it's just something 115 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:38,280 Speaker 1: that Mormons have been needing for quite a while. They 116 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:41,520 Speaker 1: needed that guy that could go ahead and have those 117 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:44,279 Speaker 1: home runs and bring in those RBIs a guy you 118 00:06:44,279 --> 00:06:49,320 Speaker 1: can pinch, hint and crucial, high leverage situation and you 119 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:52,160 Speaker 1: can trust them with the bat in his hands. And 120 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:54,520 Speaker 1: that's again like mentioning going to head back that was 121 00:06:54,560 --> 00:06:57,680 Speaker 1: his first ever pinchhit home run. That's something you want, 122 00:06:57,680 --> 00:06:59,560 Speaker 1: that's something you can have in trust. And Matt Ververs 123 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:02,760 Speaker 1: talked about he does it even when he's not playing. 124 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:05,680 Speaker 1: He goes in, he goes into the batting cages, he goes, 125 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:07,479 Speaker 1: he gets a couple of swings I believe the fourth 126 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:10,000 Speaker 1: fifth ending or so, whether he knows he's gonna go 127 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:12,239 Speaker 1: ahead and pinch it or rather he just not playing 128 00:07:12,240 --> 00:07:14,240 Speaker 1: in the game, he still wants to get those addats, 129 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:18,880 Speaker 1: and with nervous to go ahead a little bit more 130 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:22,320 Speaker 1: on his k his KRAI and his walk rate. You 131 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:25,560 Speaker 1: look at going back in twenty twenty two, twenty two 132 00:07:25,640 --> 00:07:27,680 Speaker 1: y three. I'm sure this tab right here. Let's see 133 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:30,640 Speaker 1: if it comes up on there perfect so everyone can 134 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:34,360 Speaker 1: see right there how it is. So just when you're 135 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:37,080 Speaker 1: seeing it down there, specifically with his k rate in 136 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:40,520 Speaker 1: his walk rate, you look at twenty twenty three, twenties 137 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:42,320 Speaker 1: or four. This is all in the minor leagues and 138 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:44,440 Speaker 1: occasionally right there in the majors. We can go ahead 139 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:47,960 Speaker 1: and just look at his majors as of right now, 140 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:50,560 Speaker 1: just to see how he's been doing in the majors 141 00:07:50,560 --> 00:07:52,480 Speaker 1: with the Cubs compared to now in the majors with 142 00:07:52,520 --> 00:07:54,559 Speaker 1: them Orleans. We'll go ahead and look at that simple 143 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:57,200 Speaker 1: side of twenty twenty four, twenty twenty five right there. 144 00:07:57,400 --> 00:08:00,600 Speaker 1: Just you look at that k rate. He's swinging, he's 145 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:03,560 Speaker 1: striking out at forty percent so far this year with 146 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:06,840 Speaker 1: the Mormons compared to last year twenty eight percent with 147 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:09,880 Speaker 1: the Cubs, and this is still in the relative same 148 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:14,200 Speaker 1: ballpark as bad play appearances. His walk rate has also 149 00:08:14,320 --> 00:08:17,080 Speaker 1: gone up from the majors last season with the Cubs, 150 00:08:17,080 --> 00:08:19,880 Speaker 1: almost tripled to almost ten percent to last year where 151 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:22,440 Speaker 1: it was just close to three and a half. So 152 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:25,920 Speaker 1: that's also really great to see front Matt Murvis and 153 00:08:25,960 --> 00:08:28,960 Speaker 1: his overall numbers. Really do want to go ahead and 154 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:31,400 Speaker 1: look at his triple A numbers last year as well. 155 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:35,000 Speaker 1: Thirty percent k percent, it's ten percent walk rate. If 156 00:08:35,040 --> 00:08:37,480 Speaker 1: you can get that, Matt Murvis this season, if you 157 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:39,600 Speaker 1: can bring up the walk rate just a bitch, if 158 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:41,760 Speaker 1: you can just a pinch, if you can even get 159 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:45,560 Speaker 1: to that fifteen percent, and including you know how great 160 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:47,880 Speaker 1: he was in twenty twenty two and twenty twenty three. 161 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:51,000 Speaker 1: You look at that twenty twenty two numbers right there 162 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:55,520 Speaker 1: in the minors, just overall the miners, eighteen percent k rate, 163 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:58,880 Speaker 1: eight and a half percent walk rate. Walk grade is 164 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:00,960 Speaker 1: exactly where you want it. That Carriate if he can 165 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:04,240 Speaker 1: go down eighteen percent even just half to twenty even 166 00:09:04,320 --> 00:09:06,920 Speaker 1: thirty percent, This is a guy again you bring out 167 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:09,760 Speaker 1: there every single night that you want at first base, 168 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:13,480 Speaker 1: DH whatever it may be, and just something that Clay 169 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:16,360 Speaker 1: McCullough Peter Bennix know that they have at first base. 170 00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:19,719 Speaker 1: We'll go ahead and also last you before finishing up 171 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:23,920 Speaker 1: is looking at his stat cast percentiles and to see 172 00:09:23,920 --> 00:09:26,920 Speaker 1: how he's faring so far this season. You can see 173 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:31,160 Speaker 1: right here with Matt Murvis a lot of red, some blue, 174 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:35,679 Speaker 1: but with KRA, I know forty percent he is in 175 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:39,680 Speaker 1: the top percent of KRA. He is near the bottom 176 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:43,760 Speaker 1: in Carrie, actually the bottom in KRA. So that's sort 177 00:09:43,760 --> 00:09:45,520 Speaker 1: of something that he really has to work on if 178 00:09:45,520 --> 00:09:48,440 Speaker 1: he wants to have a long term roll with the team, 179 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:50,960 Speaker 1: maybe not even so long term, but every day roll 180 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:54,480 Speaker 1: with the team that riffed that kwait Chase. That's something 181 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:58,240 Speaker 1: he really needs to work on improve on that. The 182 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:00,600 Speaker 1: walk rate as well is not a get do anything 183 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:03,800 Speaker 1: really with the spring speed or or fielding. So this 184 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:06,160 Speaker 1: is a guy really for the Marlins. It's burps and 185 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:09,599 Speaker 1: it's hard, hard hit exit velocity. A guy there that 186 00:10:09,640 --> 00:10:11,920 Speaker 1: can go ahead and help you with his bat. This 187 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:14,040 Speaker 1: is the guy primarily back when he hits the ball. 188 00:10:14,080 --> 00:10:16,920 Speaker 1: He kind of almost like a Kyle Schwarber esque in 189 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:19,840 Speaker 1: a way where it's gonna be a home run, right 190 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:25,600 Speaker 1: the double singles, But it's it's it's really almost a 191 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:29,520 Speaker 1: three true outcomes. You're gonna get with Matt Murvis. It's 192 00:10:29,520 --> 00:10:31,839 Speaker 1: gonna be a strikeout, it's gonna be a home run, 193 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:34,480 Speaker 1: or it's gonna be a walk. That's what it really 194 00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:37,440 Speaker 1: feels like. It's always gonna be with Matt Murvis. But 195 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:42,000 Speaker 1: that's gonna do it for this episode of Big Fish 196 00:10:42,080 --> 00:10:45,280 Speaker 1: Small Pod on Matt Murvos, Happy birthday, Matt Murvis, you're 197 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:48,000 Speaker 1: killing in so far this season. As always, for you 198 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:51,600 Speaker 1: watching and listening to Big Fish Small Pod, you can 199 00:10:51,720 --> 00:10:56,319 Speaker 1: check out about the Fans for your fof merchandise use 200 00:10:56,400 --> 00:11:00,200 Speaker 1: code fo F ten on checkout. I'm Daniel Rodering is. 201 00:11:00,240 --> 00:11:05,800 Speaker 1: As always, thank you for listening. H