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Usually I record these official show Monday 27 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:54,720 Speaker 1: editions the night before on Sunday so that you get 28 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:57,680 Speaker 1: it first thing Monday morning, and this one I had 29 00:01:57,680 --> 00:01:59,440 Speaker 1: to put it on a bit of a delay. I'm 30 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:02,840 Speaker 1: sorry for that. I think it's the best decision for everybody, 31 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:07,040 Speaker 1: because the vibes surrounding this team on Sunday were absolutely 32 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:10,880 Speaker 1: toxic for very deserving reasons. In two weeks since the 33 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:14,520 Speaker 1: MLB trade deadline, we are living in a worst case 34 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:17,640 Speaker 1: scenario for the team. This is absolutely as bad as 35 00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:20,200 Speaker 1: things could have gone, where they're finally forced to call 36 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 1: up quite a few prospects and give them every day 37 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:26,119 Speaker 1: playing time or something very close to it, and those 38 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:30,560 Speaker 1: guys are not really taking advantage of it as much 39 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:33,320 Speaker 1: as you would like. In the meantime, the veterans themselves 40 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:37,359 Speaker 1: are performing even worse than the young guys. Individual players 41 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:39,760 Speaker 1: that you're most hopeful for heading to the next year, 42 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 1: they're either depressing their trade value and in some cases 43 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:46,320 Speaker 1: the injuries are continuing. The injury bug continues to bite 44 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:49,000 Speaker 1: this team as well, where players they really hope and 45 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:52,920 Speaker 1: will stay healthy next year are now under greater questions 46 00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:55,920 Speaker 1: about that. And the biggest point of frustration is of 47 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:58,920 Speaker 1: course the offense. The lack of run production for this 48 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:03,160 Speaker 1: Marlins team, which in some senses is building towards a 49 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:09,400 Speaker 1: historical embarrassment with how consistently they are putting up poor 50 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:13,040 Speaker 1: performances at the plate and failing to generate runs regardless 51 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:15,840 Speaker 1: of who they're playing against. As usual, we'll sort of 52 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:19,080 Speaker 1: off small pod style by going through this past weekends 53 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:22,920 Speaker 1: games that crammed four games into a three day period 54 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:26,280 Speaker 1: at Lone Depot Park against the Braves, and spoiler alert, 55 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:28,840 Speaker 1: they lost all four of those games. Most of this episode, 56 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 1: as I said, it's Sandy Day. I want to focus 57 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:33,240 Speaker 1: on Sandy. I think this is one of the bigger 58 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:36,320 Speaker 1: storylines of this team the rest of the year. And 59 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:39,320 Speaker 1: although most of you realize how exceptional Sandy has been, 60 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 1: and we've been saying it for the lion's share of 61 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:44,800 Speaker 1: this season that he has established himself as the best 62 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:48,720 Speaker 1: most valuable pitcher in baseball and certainly in the National League. 63 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:52,840 Speaker 1: We are reaching the point of the year where it's becoming, 64 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:55,360 Speaker 1: in my mind, almost inevitable that he is going to 65 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:58,120 Speaker 1: win the National League Cy Young Award. I want to 66 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:01,480 Speaker 1: unpack what that means if he gets it done, gets 67 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:04,360 Speaker 1: it done, the path for him to get there, some 68 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:06,600 Speaker 1: of the obstacles he could face, I guess the other 69 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:10,120 Speaker 1: players that are in the mix for that prestigious honor. 70 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:13,840 Speaker 1: With forty seven ish team games left to go, a 71 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:17,560 Speaker 1: little over a month and a half remaining, this is 72 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:19,120 Speaker 1: something that's very much on my mind, and I don't 73 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:22,840 Speaker 1: think people are properly getting amped up for what it 74 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:25,920 Speaker 1: would mean to this organization to have their best picture 75 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:29,720 Speaker 1: being recognized in that way by season's end. So as 76 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:31,520 Speaker 1: much as there might be a demand out there for 77 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:36,040 Speaker 1: people to vent about this team getting embarrassed as much 78 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:38,960 Speaker 1: as they have all year offensively, and how they continue 79 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:43,800 Speaker 1: to slide farther in the standings than even the worst 80 00:04:43,839 --> 00:04:47,280 Speaker 1: case scenario had feared for them, this is not the time. 81 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:51,440 Speaker 1: There are still forty seven team games left in this season, 82 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:54,159 Speaker 1: there's a lot of time for your evaluations of these 83 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:57,480 Speaker 1: players to change and of the team's trajectory to change itself. 84 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:00,720 Speaker 1: This is not the time to talk about off season 85 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:04,880 Speaker 1: stuff how to fix it, because we don't know exactly 86 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:07,159 Speaker 1: what it is that this is going to need to 87 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:10,359 Speaker 1: be fixed until this entire season plays out. We'll just 88 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:12,600 Speaker 1: have to wait and see. On the other side of 89 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:14,599 Speaker 1: this break, we'll do the small pod of the weekend 90 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:19,040 Speaker 1: hand out Fish Prospect of the Week honors before moving 91 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:24,400 Speaker 1: on towards Sandy and everything that makes him so exceptional. 92 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:30,000 Speaker 1: Stick with us. Friday's series opener between the Braves and 93 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:33,200 Speaker 1: the Marlins. Some good news at the outset of the 94 00:05:33,240 --> 00:05:36,640 Speaker 1: series for the Marlins, finally getting John Birdie and Brian 95 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:39,680 Speaker 1: Anderson back from the injured list, starting the game at 96 00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:42,479 Speaker 1: second base and right field, respectively. That looks like that 97 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:45,440 Speaker 1: will be their primary positions moving forward down the stretch 98 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:47,359 Speaker 1: for the Marlins, although we know both those guys have 99 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:50,200 Speaker 1: quite a bit of versatility and this was their best 100 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 1: offensive game of the series by a long shot. Like 101 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:56,240 Speaker 1: the numbers anyway you slice it were excellent. They put 102 00:05:56,279 --> 00:05:58,640 Speaker 1: a million runners on base that got a lot of hits. 103 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:02,599 Speaker 1: They drew a lot of walks. Statistically, the team did 104 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:05,600 Speaker 1: a good job in this particular game, with the exception 105 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:10,599 Speaker 1: of actually putting runners across home plate. Went one for 106 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:14,400 Speaker 1: fourteen with runners in scoring position in this game against 107 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:19,240 Speaker 1: Jake Odorizzi and several Braves relievers. They're fighting all the 108 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:21,200 Speaker 1: way to the ends, but ultimately the difference in this 109 00:06:21,279 --> 00:06:25,039 Speaker 1: game game winning two run homer by Michael Harris the 110 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:29,640 Speaker 1: Seconds against Eliezer Hernandez. I think that's a good summation 111 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:32,880 Speaker 1: of where the Marlins are in terms of their interest 112 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:36,159 Speaker 1: in winning these games. The fact that Eliezer Hernandez was 113 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:39,200 Speaker 1: pitching in a tie game in the later innings, in 114 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:44,000 Speaker 1: a high leverage situation and kind of unsurprisingly he did 115 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:46,400 Speaker 1: not get the job done. Here, just the start of 116 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:49,800 Speaker 1: what was an exceptional series individually for the rookie centerfielder 117 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:52,480 Speaker 1: Michael Harris the Seconds as the Braves win four to 118 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:56,640 Speaker 1: three on Friday, spoiling Birdie and Anderson's return from the 119 00:06:56,640 --> 00:07:01,440 Speaker 1: il Saturday a doubleheader, the as far as I can tell, 120 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:05,360 Speaker 1: the only eighteen inning doubleheadern that has ever been played 121 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:09,520 Speaker 1: by the Marlins at Lone Depot Park in eleven seasons 122 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:14,040 Speaker 1: of baseball in this building, Lozardo. Hasus Lozardo starting the 123 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:17,960 Speaker 1: first game of that series. He had been extraordinary in 124 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:21,040 Speaker 1: his couple starts since returning from injury into this rotation, 125 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:24,800 Speaker 1: and he started off this game looking very sharp as well, 126 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:27,960 Speaker 1: nearly perfect through the first three innings. Then in the 127 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:31,880 Speaker 1: middle that's when things got dicey for him. He ultimately 128 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:34,120 Speaker 1: only makes it through five innings in this game, allowing 129 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:38,000 Speaker 1: seven hits and two walks and four earned runs. It 130 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:40,680 Speaker 1: was a hit parade in those middle endings against Lozardo 131 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:44,520 Speaker 1: that put the Marlins behind in Game one, and they 132 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:47,800 Speaker 1: stayed behind. I think Hasus Aguilar for the second straight 133 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:51,680 Speaker 1: day hit a home run, capturing the team lead with 134 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:55,360 Speaker 1: fifteen home runs. Man, we are nearly three quarters of 135 00:07:55,360 --> 00:07:57,600 Speaker 1: the way through this season and the Marlins team leader 136 00:07:57,640 --> 00:08:01,600 Speaker 1: has only fifteen homers to Aggie. You know, he continues 137 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:05,160 Speaker 1: to hit relatively well as the season comes down the stretch, 138 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:08,240 Speaker 1: compared to the majority of this year where he's been 139 00:08:08,280 --> 00:08:11,760 Speaker 1: a negative at the plate. And the Marlins was the 140 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:15,320 Speaker 1: first game, five to two to the Braves. In the 141 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:19,360 Speaker 1: last half of the doubleheader, the major league debut of 142 00:08:19,520 --> 00:08:24,520 Speaker 1: right hander Aj Ludwig. Somebody that I wouldn't blame you 143 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:29,200 Speaker 1: for overlooking even those that follow the pharm system pretty intently. Ludwig, 144 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:33,120 Speaker 1: a twenty nine year old right hander who throughout his 145 00:08:33,160 --> 00:08:38,280 Speaker 1: minor league career has shown pretty exceptional control, doesn't walk anybody. 146 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:42,240 Speaker 1: Yet in terms of the talents that actually translate to 147 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:46,280 Speaker 1: major league success, those are severely lacking. He wasn't, by 148 00:08:46,679 --> 00:08:49,800 Speaker 1: any stretch of the imagination, the most qualified player to 149 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:52,800 Speaker 1: come up and start this game. He happened to be available, 150 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:55,680 Speaker 1: and the Marlins just needed those endings pretty desperately with 151 00:08:55,760 --> 00:08:59,120 Speaker 1: a tired bullpen, and with the fact that this was 152 00:08:59,160 --> 00:09:01,960 Speaker 1: a game they have a five man rotation in This 153 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:04,840 Speaker 1: game kind of popped up on their schedule without any 154 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:08,040 Speaker 1: extra days of rest in order to adjust for it. 155 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:10,680 Speaker 1: So Ludwig comes up, he doesn't actually start the game. 156 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:13,720 Speaker 1: The start went to Tommy Nance in his return from 157 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:16,200 Speaker 1: the injury list, and Nance sets a career high for 158 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:19,280 Speaker 1: pitches thrown, including the very first one he threw, a 159 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:24,880 Speaker 1: no doubter Ronald Acunya home run. That was he knew 160 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:27,280 Speaker 1: it off the bat, and he celebrated off the bat 161 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:31,160 Speaker 1: as if he had done something pretty significant. Despite the 162 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:35,800 Speaker 1: meaninglessness of this regular season game, Akunya puts the Braves 163 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:38,760 Speaker 1: ahead early on. They stay ahead tackle on a couple 164 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:42,160 Speaker 1: more runs against Ludwig, a spoiler alert. Both Nance and 165 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:45,400 Speaker 1: Ladwig have since been removed from the roster, Nance being optioned, 166 00:09:45,520 --> 00:09:50,280 Speaker 1: Ludwig being designated for assignment, and in another unfortunate thing 167 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:54,000 Speaker 1: late in this game, Anthony Bender getting some work out 168 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:58,120 Speaker 1: of the pen. He he's been yet another guy that's one. 169 00:09:58,160 --> 00:10:00,679 Speaker 1: He's been healthy recently. There have been some very positive 170 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:04,079 Speaker 1: signs that he has made adjustments since his struggles early 171 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:07,120 Speaker 1: in the year, and pretty tragically you could see it 172 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:11,079 Speaker 1: after recording a strikeout, feeling discomfort in his right elbow, 173 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:14,280 Speaker 1: diagnosed with a right elbow strain and placed on the 174 00:10:14,320 --> 00:10:18,079 Speaker 1: injured list, putting his rest of his season in jeopardy, 175 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:20,600 Speaker 1: to be honest, and we're still awaiting full details about 176 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:25,240 Speaker 1: the severity of that injury to Bender. On the bright side, 177 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:28,400 Speaker 1: even though the Marlins lose the second game of the 178 00:10:28,520 --> 00:10:32,320 Speaker 1: doubleheader six to two, Charles LeBlanc does just enough in 179 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:35,480 Speaker 1: both games to extend his on base street. He has 180 00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:39,960 Speaker 1: played thirteen major league games, and Charles LeBlanc has reached 181 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:45,240 Speaker 1: base in all thirteen. Just a pretty dream start. To 182 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:48,400 Speaker 1: his major league career relative to expectations. He's that one 183 00:10:48,480 --> 00:10:54,520 Speaker 1: rookie who is irrefutably living up to is doing his job, 184 00:10:54,640 --> 00:10:58,080 Speaker 1: i should say, and actually contributing to the team. Charles 185 00:10:58,160 --> 00:11:02,360 Speaker 1: LeBlanc figures to be the primary Marlins third baseman down 186 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:04,520 Speaker 1: the stretch. It does fight the returns of some of 187 00:11:04,559 --> 00:11:07,000 Speaker 1: these other guys due to injury. It's going to be 188 00:11:07,320 --> 00:11:09,559 Speaker 1: very hard to keep him off the field on a 189 00:11:09,640 --> 00:11:13,200 Speaker 1: day to day basis. And yet somehow on Sunday in 190 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:16,040 Speaker 1: the series finale, trying to avoid a four game sweep 191 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:20,160 Speaker 1: at home, Don Nattingley does keep Charles LeBlanc off the field. 192 00:11:20,440 --> 00:11:23,000 Speaker 1: He did not play in that serious finale in what 193 00:11:23,240 --> 00:11:26,600 Speaker 1: was arguably the very worst offensive game that the Marlins 194 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:30,320 Speaker 1: had in the series. They got some good defense in 195 00:11:30,400 --> 00:11:32,400 Speaker 1: this one, with Braxton Garrett on the mound on a 196 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:35,400 Speaker 1: day where Garrett wasn't missing many bats. He pit six 197 00:11:35,440 --> 00:11:40,040 Speaker 1: scoreless innings with the help of a Brian Anderson outfield assist. 198 00:11:40,240 --> 00:11:43,920 Speaker 1: Just made an excellent throw to home plate to nab 199 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:47,000 Speaker 1: a runner and preserve what was the scoreless tie at 200 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:51,240 Speaker 1: the time. Miguel Rojas drove in what was the Marlins 201 00:11:51,360 --> 00:11:55,800 Speaker 1: only run of this game scoring JJ Pladet. More rookies 202 00:11:55,840 --> 00:11:58,600 Speaker 1: called up for this game, although they didn't enter the game. 203 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:02,959 Speaker 1: Relievers Andrew Nard and Parker Bug from TRIPA A Jacksonville. 204 00:12:03,240 --> 00:12:05,920 Speaker 1: Look forward to seeing them pitching some games down the stretch, 205 00:12:05,960 --> 00:12:08,960 Speaker 1: particularly Nardy. He's the one that should stick around for 206 00:12:09,040 --> 00:12:13,040 Speaker 1: the remainder of the year at for sure. And the 207 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:17,080 Speaker 1: Marlins hang on, cling to a one nothing lead entering 208 00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:23,679 Speaker 1: the ninth inning until Tanner Scott very first pitch man like. 209 00:12:23,800 --> 00:12:26,800 Speaker 1: Sometimes there's a lot of suspense as to whether or 210 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:28,880 Speaker 1: not he'll get the job done, but this was a 211 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:33,320 Speaker 1: very rare exception where immediately he blows the save very 212 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:37,679 Speaker 1: first pitch, just like a couple of days ago. Michael Harris, 213 00:12:37,760 --> 00:12:44,320 Speaker 1: the second at rookie, playing just at an unbelievable level 214 00:12:44,360 --> 00:12:46,800 Speaker 1: as a twenty one year old in the major leagues. 215 00:12:46,960 --> 00:12:49,679 Speaker 1: He got a fastball right down the middle. You can 216 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:52,040 Speaker 1: not have placed it on a tee in a more 217 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:54,880 Speaker 1: hitable spot, but it was at ninety nine miles an hour. 218 00:12:55,040 --> 00:12:56,920 Speaker 1: Scott was just trying to get ahead in the count 219 00:12:57,160 --> 00:13:01,559 Speaker 1: and Harris made him pay. Ours pet swing driven by 220 00:13:01,640 --> 00:13:05,560 Speaker 1: Harris left center field deep. He brushed him and tie 221 00:13:05,640 --> 00:13:09,480 Speaker 1: the game, want eleven off the path just under four 222 00:13:09,559 --> 00:13:13,320 Speaker 1: hundred and twenty feet left center. We talked all week 223 00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:18,000 Speaker 1: about his opposite field power, the approach. I love this 224 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:21,920 Speaker 1: right here. From there, maybe you would hope that Scott 225 00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:24,720 Speaker 1: could take a deep breath and shake it off and 226 00:13:24,760 --> 00:13:27,200 Speaker 1: get the job done and at least preserve what was 227 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:29,040 Speaker 1: an even game. And he didn't do it. He lit 228 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:32,360 Speaker 1: the game on fire. A couple walks in this one, 229 00:13:32,559 --> 00:13:36,079 Speaker 1: more hits like you just blew the game up. He 230 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:40,319 Speaker 1: allowed six base runners in that ninth inning. For some reason, 231 00:13:40,400 --> 00:13:43,280 Speaker 1: was allowed to finish that ninth inning even when it 232 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:45,720 Speaker 1: was very clear that he hasn't had it. Man, this 233 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:49,360 Speaker 1: was in many ways very typical of the Don Mattingly 234 00:13:49,720 --> 00:13:53,640 Speaker 1: Marlin's era experience, where he just does not like pulling 235 00:13:53,640 --> 00:13:57,240 Speaker 1: the plugs on any of his high leverage relievers, regardless 236 00:13:57,240 --> 00:13:59,280 Speaker 1: of whether or not they quote have it or not. 237 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:05,000 Speaker 1: God faces eight batters. That said, allowed six base runners 238 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:08,360 Speaker 1: on both hits and walks. It's his fifth blown save 239 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:10,800 Speaker 1: of the year. Kenilly Jansen closes it out in the 240 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:15,559 Speaker 1: bottom of the ninth and I'd barely acknowledge it. But 241 00:14:15,640 --> 00:14:19,560 Speaker 1: not only did Marlins lose this series, four games at home. 242 00:14:20,400 --> 00:14:23,040 Speaker 1: Although the Braves are an awesome team, they did not 243 00:14:23,240 --> 00:14:26,640 Speaker 1: use any of their awesome starting pitchers. The starting pitchers 244 00:14:26,680 --> 00:14:29,240 Speaker 1: for the Braves in this four game series a couple 245 00:14:29,280 --> 00:14:31,480 Speaker 1: of whom you guys probably didn't realize we're on the 246 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:37,400 Speaker 1: Braves Jake Odorizzi, Ian Anderson, Kyle Mueller, and Bryce Elder, 247 00:14:37,960 --> 00:14:40,760 Speaker 1: none of those guys having effective twenty twenty two seasons 248 00:14:40,760 --> 00:14:43,440 Speaker 1: in the majors. Mueller and Elder are barely pitched in 249 00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:47,240 Speaker 1: the majors this season, and yet they combined to put 250 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:51,440 Speaker 1: up amazing results against Marlins, particularly the final three games 251 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:54,680 Speaker 1: of the series on Saturday and Sunday. Marlins as a 252 00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:57,960 Speaker 1: team hit one sixty with a four to ninety six 253 00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:03,760 Speaker 1: ops as a team collectively for three games, unsurprisingly all 254 00:15:03,800 --> 00:15:08,880 Speaker 1: three of them losses, and afterwards Don Manningley kind of 255 00:15:08,920 --> 00:15:12,760 Speaker 1: noncommittal about Tanner Scott sticking as the closers role the 256 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:16,960 Speaker 1: rest of the year. There's really no good answers at 257 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:19,520 Speaker 1: that spot, especially now that Bender has gone out due 258 00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:22,080 Speaker 1: to injury. You go to the minor league side just 259 00:15:22,080 --> 00:15:25,800 Speaker 1: to finish off this small pod segment. Fish Prospects of 260 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:29,480 Speaker 1: the week on the pitching side, right hander Lesternan with 261 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:32,920 Speaker 1: the DSL Marlins. He had a ten strikeout game, which 262 00:15:32,960 --> 00:15:36,680 Speaker 1: is awfully hard to do at the lowest rookie levels 263 00:15:36,720 --> 00:15:39,280 Speaker 1: because you rarely are allowed to pitch more than four 264 00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:42,400 Speaker 1: or five innings. His ERA with that performance for the 265 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:45,760 Speaker 1: year lowers to one point five to one. He's been 266 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:50,280 Speaker 1: absolutely amazing in his first professional year in the DSL. 267 00:15:50,400 --> 00:15:52,600 Speaker 1: I'm ecstatic to see what he looks like in the 268 00:15:52,640 --> 00:15:55,840 Speaker 1: States beginning next year, maybe beginning as soon as this 269 00:15:55,960 --> 00:16:00,440 Speaker 1: fall in instructs in Jupiter. Although this guy is as 270 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:03,560 Speaker 1: far as you could be from an actual prospect on 271 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:07,600 Speaker 1: the hitting side, it has to be Williams. Astadio. His 272 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:12,040 Speaker 1: bat went ballistic this past week as the primary designated 273 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:16,080 Speaker 1: hitter for the Jacksonville Jimbo Shrimp. Four home runs and 274 00:16:16,160 --> 00:16:20,720 Speaker 1: he hit five twenty two for this entire week against 275 00:16:20,760 --> 00:16:23,000 Speaker 1: the Durham Bulls. By the time you're listening to this, 276 00:16:23,040 --> 00:16:26,720 Speaker 1: he'll probably be recognized as the International League Player of 277 00:16:26,760 --> 00:16:30,000 Speaker 1: the Week. You could not be better with the bat 278 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:32,320 Speaker 1: over the course of a full week than Astadilla was 279 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:36,240 Speaker 1: against Durham. An honorable mention to Jose Devers. If you 280 00:16:36,280 --> 00:16:38,680 Speaker 1: want to cheat and look a little bit beyond the 281 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:41,320 Speaker 1: past week. He said two home runs in his last 282 00:16:41,440 --> 00:16:44,800 Speaker 1: eight days with Pensacola after hitting zero home runs over 283 00:16:44,840 --> 00:16:49,800 Speaker 1: the previous five years of minor league baseball. Devers snuck 284 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:53,160 Speaker 1: his way back onto My Marlin's Top thirty prospects list 285 00:16:53,480 --> 00:16:56,200 Speaker 1: with his improvement as of late with Double A Pensacola, 286 00:16:56,240 --> 00:16:59,920 Speaker 1: and also an honorable mention to Zach mccambley. With Pensacola, 287 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:03,320 Speaker 1: he's been up and down, more down than up this year, 288 00:17:03,480 --> 00:17:09,040 Speaker 1: struggling with his control especially, and there are in between 289 00:17:09,320 --> 00:17:11,320 Speaker 1: the rough spots, there are gems like the one he 290 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:16,000 Speaker 1: threw this past week ten strikeouts in his performance for Pensacola, 291 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:19,920 Speaker 1: working deep into the game. He has great potential. He's 292 00:17:19,960 --> 00:17:22,520 Speaker 1: still like even more so than Endeavors. I think he's 293 00:17:22,640 --> 00:17:25,200 Speaker 1: comfortably one of the top thirty prospects in this organization. 294 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:28,199 Speaker 1: So let's hope that he has a strong finish to 295 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:31,400 Speaker 1: the rest of the year and really solidifies himself as 296 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:34,560 Speaker 1: a potential, if not rotation piece. He could be a 297 00:17:34,560 --> 00:17:37,080 Speaker 1: guy that contributes at the major league level in the 298 00:17:37,119 --> 00:17:46,760 Speaker 1: not too distant future. The Cy Young Award, introduced by 299 00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:50,760 Speaker 1: Major League Baseball in nineteen fifty six, bearing the name 300 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:55,280 Speaker 1: of the all time wins leader in Major League Baseball, 301 00:17:55,640 --> 00:17:59,840 Speaker 1: Cy Young, and ever since what nineteen sixty seven, that's 302 00:17:59,880 --> 00:18:02,960 Speaker 1: been given out one to each league, the American and 303 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:05,359 Speaker 1: the National League. As you know, the Marlins have been 304 00:18:05,359 --> 00:18:09,440 Speaker 1: around since nineteen ninety three, they've never had a Cy 305 00:18:09,560 --> 00:18:14,280 Speaker 1: Young Award winner. Despite having this very nice lineage of 306 00:18:14,359 --> 00:18:20,120 Speaker 1: homegrown star starting pitchers, haven't had an individual season where 307 00:18:20,160 --> 00:18:24,200 Speaker 1: those players have been recognized with really the highest honor 308 00:18:24,240 --> 00:18:27,720 Speaker 1: that a pitcher can usually receive. In rare cases, pitchers 309 00:18:27,960 --> 00:18:32,880 Speaker 1: get MVP consideration for the most part. They that thinking 310 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:36,440 Speaker 1: has evolved is that pitchers at the very best of 311 00:18:36,480 --> 00:18:39,720 Speaker 1: their powers, when they make the biggest impact they can 312 00:18:39,720 --> 00:18:41,520 Speaker 1: make during the course of a single season, they get 313 00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:44,760 Speaker 1: recognized with the Cy Young. There have been some close calls. 314 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:48,280 Speaker 1: You can look at Kevin Brown in nineteen ninety six, 315 00:18:49,119 --> 00:18:52,199 Speaker 1: he fell short of Greg Maddox for the award that 316 00:18:52,280 --> 00:18:55,720 Speaker 1: You're finishing runner up in his first Marlins season. That 317 00:18:55,840 --> 00:18:59,199 Speaker 1: was at a time early in the Marlins existence. At 318 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:03,280 Speaker 1: this stage of award voting patterns. These are determined by 319 00:19:03,280 --> 00:19:06,920 Speaker 1: the Baseball Riders Association of America. Back in the mid nineties, 320 00:19:07,080 --> 00:19:10,240 Speaker 1: I would say that wins individual pitcher wins was still 321 00:19:10,480 --> 00:19:14,119 Speaker 1: certainly the biggest factor in determining whether or not somebody 322 00:19:14,240 --> 00:19:17,560 Speaker 1: was deserving In that year, with the Marlins middling in 323 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:21,080 Speaker 1: the middle of the pack, Kevin Brown only won seventeen games, 324 00:19:21,119 --> 00:19:24,360 Speaker 1: despite leading the league with a one point eighty nine 325 00:19:24,440 --> 00:19:28,040 Speaker 1: earned run average and also leading the league in allowing 326 00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:31,880 Speaker 1: as few base runners as anybody. He was exceptional that year, 327 00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:34,359 Speaker 1: he didn't have the wins and Craig Maddox did for 328 00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:37,320 Speaker 1: an awesome Braves team that made the difference. As the 329 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:39,840 Speaker 1: years went on. We go into the two thousands, that 330 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:44,479 Speaker 1: is when earned run average became certainly on par with wins, 331 00:19:44,480 --> 00:19:47,200 Speaker 1: if not even more significant. As you get late into 332 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:50,000 Speaker 1: the two thousands and approach twenty ten, that's when I 333 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:53,600 Speaker 1: think er and just run prevention in general became the 334 00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:58,080 Speaker 1: biggest factor that voters had in mind when making decisions, 335 00:19:58,119 --> 00:20:00,639 Speaker 1: and over the last decade plus that's when the thinking 336 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:06,119 Speaker 1: has really evolved. Strikeouts have become a pretty notable part 337 00:20:06,119 --> 00:20:08,920 Speaker 1: of the equation. Just dominance guys being able to take 338 00:20:08,920 --> 00:20:12,320 Speaker 1: over games kind of single handedly without the support of 339 00:20:12,359 --> 00:20:15,600 Speaker 1: their defense, obviously, without factoring in run support that they 340 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:19,199 Speaker 1: get from their offense. Pitchers being able to control the 341 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:22,240 Speaker 1: game as much as possible within their own hands. Those 342 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:25,359 Speaker 1: guys have been greatly appreciated, so in terms of run prevention, 343 00:20:25,520 --> 00:20:27,720 Speaker 1: in terms of swinging miss in terms of keeping the 344 00:20:27,760 --> 00:20:31,520 Speaker 1: ball in the ballpark, and I'd say workload is still 345 00:20:31,680 --> 00:20:35,800 Speaker 1: throughout this process has been a very significant factor. Guys 346 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:37,920 Speaker 1: that are just available to pitch all throughout the year, 347 00:20:37,920 --> 00:20:43,160 Speaker 1: who are consistently effective start after start after start. At 348 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:45,639 Speaker 1: every voter at this point probably has a slightly different 349 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:49,119 Speaker 1: mindset as to what matters. And what we've seen, especially 350 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:53,240 Speaker 1: recently is that team performance is no longer really entering 351 00:20:53,280 --> 00:20:55,920 Speaker 1: the mind when you're choosing Cy Young. That has even 352 00:20:56,160 --> 00:20:58,840 Speaker 1: kind of gone further to the back of people's minds 353 00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:02,679 Speaker 1: when discussing envy. He certainly was Cy Young. That is 354 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:05,639 Speaker 1: kind of irrelevant at this point where I think voters 355 00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:08,919 Speaker 1: do a good job just voting on what the individual 356 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:13,120 Speaker 1: has done during that particular season in awarding them correctly. 357 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:17,199 Speaker 1: You look at recent years, there have been some contentious conversations. 358 00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:19,760 Speaker 1: I think just looking at last year in the National League, 359 00:21:19,800 --> 00:21:23,400 Speaker 1: that was a fascinating one with Zach Wheeler and Corbyn 360 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:26,879 Speaker 1: Burns where Corbyn Burns on an ending paranding basis, was 361 00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:30,520 Speaker 1: as effective as anybody in the sport where Zach Wheeler 362 00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:34,000 Speaker 1: had a lot of tonnage behind him, the volume of 363 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:39,200 Speaker 1: his work was pretty impressive. At the ends. Voters very 364 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:43,400 Speaker 1: slightly went in the favor of Corbyn Burns that year, 365 00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:46,560 Speaker 1: and both those guys kind of in the periphery of 366 00:21:46,600 --> 00:21:49,560 Speaker 1: the discussion. This year, as I sit up top and 367 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:52,880 Speaker 1: as you guys are already aware tuning into this, Sandy 368 00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:58,080 Speaker 1: is in command of the conversation. I don't think there's 369 00:21:58,080 --> 00:22:01,600 Speaker 1: been a marlin this deep into thee who has had 370 00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:06,920 Speaker 1: this much of a stranglehold on the Cy Young Award conversation. 371 00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:10,840 Speaker 1: He is driving the bus. He is in the driver's seat, 372 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:14,000 Speaker 1: I should say he is. If he is anything like 373 00:22:14,119 --> 00:22:17,360 Speaker 1: what he's been the first four plus months of the year, 374 00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:21,320 Speaker 1: over the remaining six seven weeks, he's going to win. 375 00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:24,040 Speaker 1: He's going to win. There's nobody going to surpass him 376 00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:26,800 Speaker 1: at this stage of the season. I mentioned there was 377 00:22:26,800 --> 00:22:29,520 Speaker 1: that Kevin Brown case in nineteen ninety six, even more 378 00:22:29,560 --> 00:22:32,600 Speaker 1: notable as Dontrell Willis in two thousand and five losing 379 00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:36,960 Speaker 1: out to Chris Carpenter, because in that year. I think 380 00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:39,880 Speaker 1: he just got caught at a very awkward time in 381 00:22:40,119 --> 00:22:43,280 Speaker 1: the voting history where that year he did lead the 382 00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:45,919 Speaker 1: National League in wins in two thousand and five, but 383 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:48,880 Speaker 1: that was the time when I think some other factors 384 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:52,840 Speaker 1: finally began going to the forefront of people's minds and 385 00:22:52,920 --> 00:22:56,320 Speaker 1: determining who is most deserving. Chris Carpenter that year pitched 386 00:22:56,359 --> 00:22:58,959 Speaker 1: a little bit more innings, he had more strikeouts. They 387 00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:01,800 Speaker 1: both had the same number of complete games. That was 388 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:07,399 Speaker 1: a very close contest, and it's I think a lot 389 00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:09,680 Speaker 1: of people felt that Dontrell was just a little bit better, 390 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:12,000 Speaker 1: depending on how much you cared about what he did 391 00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:14,640 Speaker 1: with the bat. Back in the days when obviously hitter 392 00:23:15,359 --> 00:23:19,919 Speaker 1: pitchers hit for themselves. That was an interesting conversation that 393 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:23,600 Speaker 1: Chris carpenturel beat him out with nineteen first place votes 394 00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:28,240 Speaker 1: and Willi Scott eleven, Jose Fernandez if he had still 395 00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:32,879 Speaker 1: been around in let's say twenty seventeen, he was he 396 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:36,040 Speaker 1: put together when he was healthy early in his career, 397 00:23:36,320 --> 00:23:38,880 Speaker 1: put out outstanding numbers to finished third, and Si Young 398 00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:41,720 Speaker 1: voting as a rookie just in quite at the endings 399 00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:44,439 Speaker 1: to be a serious threat in that conversation, and he 400 00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:48,280 Speaker 1: finished seventh in his final season of twenty sixteen, So 401 00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:51,800 Speaker 1: who knows what that would have looked like Josh Johnson 402 00:23:52,520 --> 00:23:55,720 Speaker 1: kind of in between periods here, what Josh Johnson would 403 00:23:55,720 --> 00:23:57,640 Speaker 1: have looked like if he had been a little bit 404 00:23:57,680 --> 00:24:02,560 Speaker 1: more durable as well. This is something special what Sandy 405 00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:04,760 Speaker 1: is doing this year. This is the biggest threat that 406 00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:08,000 Speaker 1: the Marlins have had to this award. Why do I 407 00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:11,680 Speaker 1: feel that it's so worth discussing? Well, speaking of the obvious, 408 00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:14,639 Speaker 1: with the team fifteen games under five hundred, and things 409 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:18,480 Speaker 1: going wrong in a myriad of ways according to plan, 410 00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:21,120 Speaker 1: going not according to plan for the Marlins this year, 411 00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:25,240 Speaker 1: it's nice to have a distraction. Only five years ago, 412 00:24:25,320 --> 00:24:29,360 Speaker 1: of course, the Marlins and gian Carlos Stanton were honored 413 00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:32,040 Speaker 1: as Most Valuable Player in the National League for his 414 00:24:32,080 --> 00:24:36,920 Speaker 1: twenty seventeen season, finishing with fifty nine home runs for 415 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:41,200 Speaker 1: that team and running away with the award. And as 416 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:44,520 Speaker 1: special as that run was, and as much as people 417 00:24:44,520 --> 00:24:46,360 Speaker 1: got into it down the stretch of that year, saying 418 00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:49,160 Speaker 1: if he would catch sixty and everything that came with it, 419 00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:55,600 Speaker 1: the entire process was completely overshadowed by the sale of 420 00:24:55,640 --> 00:25:01,680 Speaker 1: the team from Lauria to Sherman, and the inevitability that 421 00:25:01,760 --> 00:25:05,760 Speaker 1: they were going to trade stance in through no faults 422 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:07,600 Speaker 1: of his own, simply because of the contract that he 423 00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:10,880 Speaker 1: had signed a few years before. Even though voting takes 424 00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:13,160 Speaker 1: place after the end of the regular season, they only 425 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:18,240 Speaker 1: announce it deep into November, and by that point it 426 00:25:18,359 --> 00:25:23,240 Speaker 1: was completely kind of enshrouded in the trade rumors and 427 00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:26,120 Speaker 1: the possibility that he would be one of the rare 428 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:28,360 Speaker 1: cases of a player at the peak of his powers 429 00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:32,200 Speaker 1: winning an award like that and being sent away by 430 00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:35,800 Speaker 1: his team despite them having him under a long term deal, 431 00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:39,199 Speaker 1: and that ultimately was the case. So even though the 432 00:25:39,240 --> 00:25:43,680 Speaker 1: Marlins have had an individual award winner like this, perhaps 433 00:25:43,760 --> 00:25:46,639 Speaker 1: one that was even splashier than on Sandy's attempting to 434 00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:48,679 Speaker 1: do this year, it's going to be so much more 435 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:51,879 Speaker 1: meaningful to have somebody do it and actually stay with 436 00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:56,119 Speaker 1: the team next year, somebody that. Obviously, the public comments 437 00:25:56,119 --> 00:25:58,520 Speaker 1: have made it clear that Sandy is staying around for 438 00:25:58,560 --> 00:26:02,720 Speaker 1: the near future, and even the insider reporting going back 439 00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:05,760 Speaker 1: to this trade deadline, the rumor was that Marlins would 440 00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:10,359 Speaker 1: listen on anybody except for Sandy. They are committed to 441 00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:13,920 Speaker 1: him for obvious reasons. He's under a long term contract 442 00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:16,120 Speaker 1: that couldn't be more different than Stanton's. I mean, while 443 00:26:16,119 --> 00:26:21,080 Speaker 1: Stanton's paid him is complete market value, Sandy is a bargain. 444 00:26:21,280 --> 00:26:23,600 Speaker 1: He's one of the great bargains in all of baseball 445 00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:27,080 Speaker 1: for the next half decade for type of player who 446 00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:30,560 Speaker 1: is totally unique in today's game. The reason why he 447 00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:34,160 Speaker 1: has separated himself from all the other competition this year 448 00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:40,400 Speaker 1: is the combination of run prevention and effectiveness In those innings. 449 00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:45,040 Speaker 1: He leads all National League qualifiers and earned run average, 450 00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:49,360 Speaker 1: and he leads all National League pitchers by a considerable 451 00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:52,920 Speaker 1: margin in ennings pitch entering Monday's game, when that lead 452 00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:56,680 Speaker 1: is going to expand even more. What more could you want? 453 00:26:56,880 --> 00:26:59,399 Speaker 1: He's pitching more than anybody, and when he's on the mound, 454 00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:02,960 Speaker 1: he is as effective as anybody else is. That's why 455 00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:06,760 Speaker 1: catch all stats like wins above replacement have him as 456 00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:10,239 Speaker 1: the most valuable pitcher in the National League. Going with 457 00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:13,480 Speaker 1: Baseball References version, he's a win and a half ahead 458 00:27:13,480 --> 00:27:16,320 Speaker 1: of Aaron Nola, and there's only a handful of guys 459 00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:20,480 Speaker 1: that have even half as much wins above replacement during 460 00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:22,960 Speaker 1: the twenty twenty two season as Sandy does. He's at 461 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:26,640 Speaker 1: six point three as of this recording. Let me see 462 00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:29,480 Speaker 1: where he is on fangrafts. I think it's something similar 463 00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:33,920 Speaker 1: that he's at this year through one hundred and sixty 464 00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:37,400 Speaker 1: six names. He's at four and a half on fangraphs 465 00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:40,720 Speaker 1: by that measure as well. He's been doing this through 466 00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:44,840 Speaker 1: most of his career, overachieving what the er estimators would suggest. 467 00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:48,919 Speaker 1: The quality of contact that he allows is so harmless, 468 00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:53,399 Speaker 1: and he is such an intelligent pitcher out there. For 469 00:27:53,520 --> 00:27:56,680 Speaker 1: all the slander that people have given to Jacob Stallings, 470 00:27:56,840 --> 00:27:58,840 Speaker 1: Stallings has brought out the best of him this year. 471 00:27:58,960 --> 00:28:01,440 Speaker 1: He's reached a point where Sandy is comfortable throwing any 472 00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:05,919 Speaker 1: of his four pitches in any count any situation. The 473 00:28:06,040 --> 00:28:12,720 Speaker 1: unpredictability is leading towards all these awkward swings. Statistically, it's 474 00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:16,720 Speaker 1: hard to believe that a pitcher can only allow about 475 00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:19,639 Speaker 1: one home run every twenty innings the way that he 476 00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:23,400 Speaker 1: is doing this year, and I don't think it's fluky. 477 00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:26,920 Speaker 1: He is so hard to barrel up because you don't 478 00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:29,000 Speaker 1: know what pitch is coming, and even when you think 479 00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:31,639 Speaker 1: you know where it's coming, and where it's coming. It 480 00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:36,119 Speaker 1: moves a little bit differently than you suspect. He is 481 00:28:36,520 --> 00:28:39,680 Speaker 1: at the peak of his powers. I don't think anybody 482 00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:41,680 Speaker 1: is going to catch him. I mentioned a couple names 483 00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:46,440 Speaker 1: already from last year's sat On conversation who will probably 484 00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:50,000 Speaker 1: need a miracle to catch Sandy from behind, like Zach Wheeler, 485 00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:53,840 Speaker 1: who as of Sunday, I feel like that was kind 486 00:28:53,840 --> 00:28:56,600 Speaker 1: of a knockout blow to his campaign. He led six 487 00:28:56,640 --> 00:28:59,840 Speaker 1: earned runs to the Mets after having a similar, similar, 488 00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:03,000 Speaker 1: lay bad performance against the Marlins back in April. And 489 00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:05,600 Speaker 1: I think that's gonna do it. Because with Sandy, the 490 00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:08,600 Speaker 1: difference between him last year to this year is last 491 00:29:08,680 --> 00:29:12,040 Speaker 1: year he had a couple of those atrocious outings. You'll 492 00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:14,040 Speaker 1: remember them. Both of them were on the road against 493 00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:16,440 Speaker 1: West teams, I think on the road against the Rockies 494 00:29:16,440 --> 00:29:19,280 Speaker 1: and on the road against the Dodgers, where he allowed 495 00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:23,120 Speaker 1: something like between those two starts sixteen or seventeen earned 496 00:29:23,240 --> 00:29:26,360 Speaker 1: runs and didn't get deep into those games. That puts 497 00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:29,920 Speaker 1: a huge dent in your season performance. Overall, this year, 498 00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:36,880 Speaker 1: it's been just outstanding consistency. Every single game he gives you. 499 00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:40,000 Speaker 1: It seems like every single game he gives you seven innings. 500 00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:42,440 Speaker 1: In reality, every game he at least gives you five innings. 501 00:29:43,320 --> 00:29:46,560 Speaker 1: He and even if the strikeouts aren't always there, it's 502 00:29:46,600 --> 00:29:49,080 Speaker 1: about keeping the ball in the ballpark, and for the 503 00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:53,360 Speaker 1: most part, it's about challenging hitters and not giving out 504 00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:57,840 Speaker 1: walks and hit by pitches other challengers potentially, I mean 505 00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:02,720 Speaker 1: Tony Gonsolin since the very beginning, he's been consistently awesome. 506 00:30:02,760 --> 00:30:04,720 Speaker 1: It's just that he does not work deep into games. 507 00:30:04,760 --> 00:30:07,280 Speaker 1: You know, the Chaz what's the word I'm looking for, 508 00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:10,680 Speaker 1: Just a massive gap in workload between him and Gonsolin, 509 00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:13,400 Speaker 1: about forty innings difference to this point in the year. 510 00:30:14,120 --> 00:30:16,959 Speaker 1: With Sandy, he's still allowing fewer runs. So even if 511 00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:21,040 Speaker 1: Gonsolin he's keeping runners off base, you just cannot account 512 00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:24,280 Speaker 1: for that big discrepancy in workload. It's a similar story 513 00:30:24,320 --> 00:30:28,120 Speaker 1: for his teammate Julio Urias. He's been phenomenal, he's just 514 00:30:28,160 --> 00:30:32,640 Speaker 1: not pitching nearly as much. Tiny injuries to Max Freed, 515 00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:35,320 Speaker 1: for example, Max Freed was having his best year of 516 00:30:35,320 --> 00:30:37,920 Speaker 1: his career, but he's out with a concussion and it's 517 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:40,280 Speaker 1: unclear exactly when he's going to get back. There's really 518 00:30:40,360 --> 00:30:42,520 Speaker 1: no urgency to bring him back for a Braves team 519 00:30:42,880 --> 00:30:45,680 Speaker 1: that is on the verge of a playoff berth and 520 00:30:45,800 --> 00:30:51,120 Speaker 1: is focusing on repeating as champions. Max Scherzer Max sures 521 00:30:51,120 --> 00:30:53,720 Speaker 1: are a more significant injury, with his oblique missing more 522 00:30:53,760 --> 00:30:56,160 Speaker 1: than a month of the year. Since coming back from that, 523 00:30:56,320 --> 00:30:59,120 Speaker 1: he is trending up and the only reason why he's 524 00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:01,280 Speaker 1: not the era leader at the moment is because he 525 00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:03,920 Speaker 1: just hasn't had the ennings to qualify to the time missed. 526 00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:06,640 Speaker 1: Perhaps by the end of the year he does just 527 00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:09,160 Speaker 1: enough to qualify. There's still just going to be a 528 00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:14,760 Speaker 1: massive gap in workload between him and Sandy. Between everybody 529 00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:18,960 Speaker 1: and Sandy, there's going to be that big discrepancy that 530 00:31:20,240 --> 00:31:22,560 Speaker 1: I don't see how people are going to overcome it. 531 00:31:22,960 --> 00:31:25,960 Speaker 1: And I don't see Sandy significantly slowing down. I don't 532 00:31:25,960 --> 00:31:30,880 Speaker 1: see him going into a really big slump. I guess 533 00:31:30,920 --> 00:31:34,280 Speaker 1: Aaron Nola is the final challenger to mention. He's the 534 00:31:34,280 --> 00:31:38,160 Speaker 1: one that in Baseball Reference War he's the runner up 535 00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:40,600 Speaker 1: to Sandy at this point of the year. In ennings pitched, 536 00:31:40,720 --> 00:31:43,480 Speaker 1: he's the runner up to Sandy thirteen and the third 537 00:31:43,520 --> 00:31:47,680 Speaker 1: behind Sandy. Entering Monday's game, I wonder if he might 538 00:31:47,720 --> 00:31:50,800 Speaker 1: split some votes with Wheeler depending on how they finished 539 00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:53,760 Speaker 1: the year. But probably most people at this point will 540 00:31:53,760 --> 00:31:58,080 Speaker 1: recognize Nola as having the bigger impact in twenty twenty two. 541 00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:01,080 Speaker 1: But he's not even in the seems stratosphere in terms 542 00:32:01,120 --> 00:32:03,760 Speaker 1: of run prevention at this point in the year. He's 543 00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:07,160 Speaker 1: over three at this stage of the season, whereas Sandy, 544 00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:10,560 Speaker 1: as I said, at two point oh one. So how 545 00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:13,240 Speaker 1: is he going to make up background at this stage? 546 00:32:14,360 --> 00:32:16,240 Speaker 1: I don't think he will. I don't think he will. 547 00:32:16,680 --> 00:32:19,680 Speaker 1: Looking ahead to the upcoming schedule, there's a possibility that 548 00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:22,560 Speaker 1: the Marlins eventually give Sandy some rests go to a 549 00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:26,000 Speaker 1: six man rotation. I'm gonna believe that when I see it. 550 00:32:26,040 --> 00:32:28,600 Speaker 1: I think he's going to pitch every fifth game for 551 00:32:28,640 --> 00:32:32,400 Speaker 1: the Marlins until he has the award locked up pretty much, 552 00:32:32,480 --> 00:32:34,600 Speaker 1: or until it becomes obvious that they need to get 553 00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:38,840 Speaker 1: another starter in the mix for the time being. I 554 00:32:38,840 --> 00:32:41,479 Speaker 1: think that's a fair projection to do. They do have 555 00:32:41,560 --> 00:32:43,600 Speaker 1: quite a few off days coming down the stretch, so 556 00:32:44,520 --> 00:32:47,440 Speaker 1: it wouldn't necessarily be unreasonable to just have him pitching 557 00:32:47,440 --> 00:32:50,040 Speaker 1: on his usual schedule for the remainder of the year. 558 00:32:50,040 --> 00:32:53,600 Speaker 1: That includes tonight against the Padres at home, then going 559 00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:55,840 Speaker 1: ahead every five games moving forward, He'll be on the 560 00:32:55,920 --> 00:32:59,680 Speaker 1: road against the Dodgers. He'll be at home against the 561 00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:03,160 Speaker 1: Dodge after that. Then he will be on the road 562 00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:06,760 Speaker 1: against the Braves and on the road against the Phillies. 563 00:33:07,360 --> 00:33:09,959 Speaker 1: Then after that I have him at home against Texas 564 00:33:10,800 --> 00:33:14,760 Speaker 1: and then on the road against the Nationals at home 565 00:33:14,800 --> 00:33:18,800 Speaker 1: against the Nationals. By that point he will surely have 566 00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:23,440 Speaker 1: blown past his twenty twenty one numbers in terms of workload. 567 00:33:24,040 --> 00:33:26,760 Speaker 1: At the very end there, perhaps they pump the brakes, 568 00:33:26,760 --> 00:33:29,360 Speaker 1: but that's the general outlook as through the competition that 569 00:33:29,360 --> 00:33:32,400 Speaker 1: he's facing, it's relatively tough. He does get fortunate with 570 00:33:32,440 --> 00:33:36,680 Speaker 1: the Nationals coming in a couple of times there Those 571 00:33:36,680 --> 00:33:39,120 Speaker 1: are the soft landing spots in what is otherwise a 572 00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:42,120 Speaker 1: difficult schedule that the Marlins have throughout the second half 573 00:33:42,120 --> 00:33:46,040 Speaker 1: of August and early September. This is going to be 574 00:33:46,040 --> 00:33:49,360 Speaker 1: a big deal if he does close the deal like this, 575 00:33:49,720 --> 00:33:53,520 Speaker 1: and for people, naturally, one storyline is about the fan 576 00:33:53,800 --> 00:33:59,760 Speaker 1: apathy that the Marlins are are leading to here in 577 00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:04,360 Speaker 1: my Miami. You know the fact that this season is really, 578 00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:08,000 Speaker 1: by no measure better than last year. This has been 579 00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:12,600 Speaker 1: a failed season in a number of ways. Really, one 580 00:34:12,640 --> 00:34:14,960 Speaker 1: of the only differences you can point to is Sandy 581 00:34:15,040 --> 00:34:18,120 Speaker 1: taking a step up from being a very good top 582 00:34:18,120 --> 00:34:21,560 Speaker 1: of the rotation starter to being the ideal top of 583 00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:25,120 Speaker 1: the rotation starter. And that's basically it. That's the difference 584 00:34:25,160 --> 00:34:27,560 Speaker 1: in a cup maybe two wins three wins that they've 585 00:34:27,560 --> 00:34:29,359 Speaker 1: gotten to this point of the year that they didn't 586 00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:33,560 Speaker 1: have last year. It's all Sandy, So people are frustrated. 587 00:34:33,920 --> 00:34:37,720 Speaker 1: That being said, there is a considerable amount of sway 588 00:34:37,920 --> 00:34:40,759 Speaker 1: and influence that an ACE pitcher like this can have 589 00:34:41,320 --> 00:34:46,919 Speaker 1: on the vibe and on the spending of a fan base. 590 00:34:47,360 --> 00:34:51,759 Speaker 1: If he is the cy Young Award winner into next year, 591 00:34:51,880 --> 00:34:53,880 Speaker 1: he's always going to be the cy Young Award winner. 592 00:34:53,960 --> 00:34:56,959 Speaker 1: You know, he went it once and that is part 593 00:34:57,000 --> 00:34:59,319 Speaker 1: of your bio. That's kind of in the first paragraph 594 00:34:59,719 --> 00:35:02,560 Speaker 1: of your career retrospective. The rest of the way. That 595 00:35:02,719 --> 00:35:04,719 Speaker 1: is part of the marketing for him the rest of 596 00:35:04,760 --> 00:35:08,880 Speaker 1: the way as well. That distinction. There are going to 597 00:35:08,920 --> 00:35:12,719 Speaker 1: be casual fans in Miami that perhaps at this point 598 00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:15,760 Speaker 1: especially aren't following what he's doing. But in twenty twenty 599 00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:19,320 Speaker 1: three and beyond, if he has that award on his resume. 600 00:35:19,400 --> 00:35:21,239 Speaker 1: That's going to make a difference in the way that 601 00:35:21,280 --> 00:35:23,680 Speaker 1: people support the team and the way that the community 602 00:35:23,680 --> 00:35:27,879 Speaker 1: supports the team. In the revenue that the Marlins make 603 00:35:28,040 --> 00:35:33,480 Speaker 1: that you would hope that they use on baseball expenses 604 00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:37,080 Speaker 1: and building up a better team around Sandy than the 605 00:35:37,080 --> 00:35:40,440 Speaker 1: one that he has at the current moments, So that matters. 606 00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:42,799 Speaker 1: That matters with the marketing of the team, with the 607 00:35:42,840 --> 00:35:47,200 Speaker 1: merchandise of Sandy and all that. To have that honor 608 00:35:47,280 --> 00:35:50,719 Speaker 1: on him, the one that, as I said, no other 609 00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:55,000 Speaker 1: Marlins pitcher has had before, Not Jose Fernandez, not Dontrell 610 00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:59,640 Speaker 1: will Is, not Kevin Brown, not Josh Johnson, none of them, 611 00:35:59,719 --> 00:36:05,480 Speaker 1: no them have reached that peak of recognition of being 612 00:36:05,560 --> 00:36:10,960 Speaker 1: the undisputed most valuable pitcher in their league over the 613 00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:15,319 Speaker 1: course of a single season. It's a big deal, and 614 00:36:15,840 --> 00:36:20,840 Speaker 1: I think it is something that he has pretty directly 615 00:36:20,880 --> 00:36:23,960 Speaker 1: mentioned as a goal of his. It still matters to him. 616 00:36:24,120 --> 00:36:25,880 Speaker 1: It's something that he is still going to be pushing 617 00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:28,640 Speaker 1: for that he's going to be motivated to get. It's 618 00:36:29,400 --> 00:36:32,000 Speaker 1: going to be another reason to tune into every one 619 00:36:32,040 --> 00:36:33,719 Speaker 1: of his starts the rest of the way as he 620 00:36:34,280 --> 00:36:37,319 Speaker 1: realizes how close he is to grabbing this. If you 621 00:36:37,440 --> 00:36:40,080 Speaker 1: care about the odds makers have to say, I think 622 00:36:40,160 --> 00:36:44,120 Speaker 1: DraftKings has him as a minus three hundred favorite. The 623 00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:48,640 Speaker 1: implied odds there are what about seventy five percent that 624 00:36:48,680 --> 00:36:51,600 Speaker 1: he's going to win this award if he doesn't get injured. 625 00:36:51,680 --> 00:36:53,839 Speaker 1: Fingers crossed, knock on wood. He's never had an arm 626 00:36:53,880 --> 00:36:57,120 Speaker 1: injury in his professional pitching career. Don't start now, please, 627 00:36:57,160 --> 00:36:59,960 Speaker 1: If he doesn't start now, I don't see how anybody 628 00:37:00,239 --> 00:37:01,799 Speaker 1: is going to catch him. They're not going to catch 629 00:37:01,880 --> 00:37:04,560 Speaker 1: him in terms of workload, and there's only only a 630 00:37:04,600 --> 00:37:06,440 Speaker 1: couple guys that could even catch him in terms of 631 00:37:06,560 --> 00:37:10,360 Speaker 1: run prevention coming down the stretch, regardless of the competition 632 00:37:10,960 --> 00:37:14,160 Speaker 1: that he's facing. It also puts the rest of his 633 00:37:14,239 --> 00:37:18,080 Speaker 1: teammates under the microscope, not really for the offense they provide. 634 00:37:18,200 --> 00:37:21,080 Speaker 1: There's president for guys winning this award, even if they 635 00:37:21,080 --> 00:37:23,600 Speaker 1: don't have a ton of wins in recent years. That's 636 00:37:23,600 --> 00:37:26,200 Speaker 1: how the evolution, that's how the thinking has evolved. That's 637 00:37:26,239 --> 00:37:29,040 Speaker 1: not really going to come into play, but it puts 638 00:37:29,040 --> 00:37:32,000 Speaker 1: more pressure on his team to continue playing good defense 639 00:37:32,040 --> 00:37:34,279 Speaker 1: behind him. You know, they have played for the most 640 00:37:34,320 --> 00:37:39,440 Speaker 1: part good defense behind him. He doesn't overachieve entirely based 641 00:37:39,480 --> 00:37:41,319 Speaker 1: on the quality of contact that he's getting. Some of 642 00:37:41,320 --> 00:37:44,120 Speaker 1: it is just getting help, ganting legitimate help from the 643 00:37:44,120 --> 00:37:48,200 Speaker 1: fielders behind him. It's a big deal that Brian Anderson 644 00:37:48,280 --> 00:37:50,600 Speaker 1: is back from injury, so they still have Joey Wendall 645 00:37:50,719 --> 00:37:53,640 Speaker 1: rounds that Miguel Rojas is still round. You don't think 646 00:37:53,680 --> 00:37:56,440 Speaker 1: about Miguel Rojas very much. He's been not doing much 647 00:37:56,440 --> 00:37:59,239 Speaker 1: of the plate. He's still a great defensive player and 648 00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:02,240 Speaker 1: he's still going to be part of this. The Marlins 649 00:38:02,239 --> 00:38:05,280 Speaker 1: as a team are still part of this with their defense. 650 00:38:06,160 --> 00:38:09,320 Speaker 1: And I guess this is one of the sneaky factors 651 00:38:09,320 --> 00:38:12,239 Speaker 1: here is the bullpen and exactly what they do. So 652 00:38:12,320 --> 00:38:14,680 Speaker 1: at this point it's about as thin as it ever 653 00:38:14,760 --> 00:38:17,560 Speaker 1: has been, with the injury to Anthony Bender, with the 654 00:38:17,600 --> 00:38:21,960 Speaker 1: trade of bass and pop, with these rookies called up 655 00:38:21,960 --> 00:38:24,799 Speaker 1: that you don't know what to expect from. I don't 656 00:38:24,800 --> 00:38:26,919 Speaker 1: know what you're getting from this bullpen, and a story 657 00:38:26,960 --> 00:38:29,919 Speaker 1: of this entire year. A consistent theme of this year 658 00:38:30,040 --> 00:38:35,080 Speaker 1: has been the Marlins putting really unconditional trust and Sandy 659 00:38:35,120 --> 00:38:37,480 Speaker 1: to finish what he started. Whether that means the entire game, 660 00:38:37,600 --> 00:38:40,200 Speaker 1: or just pitch himself out of rallies late in the game. 661 00:38:40,719 --> 00:38:42,480 Speaker 1: As we get to this late stage of the year 662 00:38:43,360 --> 00:38:45,960 Speaker 1: and you look at his workload and you realize that 663 00:38:46,160 --> 00:38:48,760 Speaker 1: as important as a cy young is, it's also important 664 00:38:48,800 --> 00:38:52,200 Speaker 1: to make sure that he's protected for future years. You 665 00:38:52,239 --> 00:38:54,880 Speaker 1: could see a slightly shorter leash on how deep he 666 00:38:54,960 --> 00:38:57,880 Speaker 1: pitches into these games in order to preserve him, and 667 00:38:57,920 --> 00:39:02,200 Speaker 1: that means more reliance on the bullpen and occasionally perhaps 668 00:39:02,239 --> 00:39:07,120 Speaker 1: situations where they inherit base runners of Sandy's runners that 669 00:39:07,160 --> 00:39:11,120 Speaker 1: are his responsibility, runners that if they score, people are 670 00:39:11,120 --> 00:39:13,120 Speaker 1: not going to distinguish between whether Sandy was in the 671 00:39:13,160 --> 00:39:15,239 Speaker 1: mound or whether a reliever was in the mound. There 672 00:39:15,280 --> 00:39:19,560 Speaker 1: have been let me count it out, one, two, three, four, five. 673 00:39:19,960 --> 00:39:23,200 Speaker 1: There have been only five times all year in twenty 674 00:39:23,200 --> 00:39:26,880 Speaker 1: three starts entering Monday, where Sandy's been removed in the 675 00:39:26,880 --> 00:39:29,239 Speaker 1: middle of the inning. And we'll see how often that 676 00:39:29,320 --> 00:39:33,880 Speaker 1: happens down the stretch. For the most part, they've just 677 00:39:33,920 --> 00:39:36,400 Speaker 1: done it on some of his worst days of the season, 678 00:39:36,640 --> 00:39:39,160 Speaker 1: when it was clear that he didn't have it at 679 00:39:39,160 --> 00:39:43,600 Speaker 1: that late stage of the game. Those few situations down 680 00:39:43,640 --> 00:39:45,560 Speaker 1: the stretch are going to make the difference whether the 681 00:39:45,600 --> 00:39:49,200 Speaker 1: relievers get those jobs done, whether the defense makes the 682 00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:52,200 Speaker 1: plays they need to make. Not even about preserving wins, 683 00:39:52,200 --> 00:39:54,640 Speaker 1: but just about preserving as many runs as you can. 684 00:39:55,840 --> 00:40:00,440 Speaker 1: This combination that Sandy has had of the length that 685 00:40:00,480 --> 00:40:02,480 Speaker 1: he provides in his starts and the way that he 686 00:40:02,520 --> 00:40:07,040 Speaker 1: prevents runs is unchallengeable. It has put him if he 687 00:40:07,120 --> 00:40:09,399 Speaker 1: keeps his going, he is out of reach to everybody else. 688 00:40:09,719 --> 00:40:13,560 Speaker 1: So what is going to change potentially that could upend him? 689 00:40:13,680 --> 00:40:15,520 Speaker 1: I think it's more likely to be if the run 690 00:40:15,560 --> 00:40:18,719 Speaker 1: prevention kind of creeps up to what the er estimators 691 00:40:18,960 --> 00:40:22,160 Speaker 1: say it is. If he falls pretty far out of 692 00:40:22,719 --> 00:40:27,080 Speaker 1: the league lead in era or adjusted era, that could 693 00:40:27,080 --> 00:40:30,760 Speaker 1: be crippling to his chances. So what's up to everybody 694 00:40:30,800 --> 00:40:35,000 Speaker 1: else to help preserve that? I hope a good amount 695 00:40:35,040 --> 00:40:38,280 Speaker 1: of you guys are checking out Sandy's Beach here on Monday, 696 00:40:38,360 --> 00:40:40,480 Speaker 1: there would be a handful of those games down the stretch. 697 00:40:41,320 --> 00:40:43,319 Speaker 1: A shameless plug that we have a T shirt with 698 00:40:43,480 --> 00:40:46,600 Speaker 1: breaking Tea that I'll put in the episode page on 699 00:40:46,640 --> 00:40:49,919 Speaker 1: fish drives dot com for a Sandy's Beach T shirt 700 00:40:50,080 --> 00:40:52,319 Speaker 1: that if you don't have that version already consider getting 701 00:40:52,360 --> 00:40:55,759 Speaker 1: it and supporting us and supporting Sandy by picking it out. 702 00:40:56,480 --> 00:40:58,360 Speaker 1: I'm going to be locked into every Sandy start the 703 00:40:58,400 --> 00:41:00,960 Speaker 1: rest of the way. I'll be honest. On Sunday yesterday, 704 00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:03,000 Speaker 1: the final game of the Brave series, I did not 705 00:41:03,160 --> 00:41:05,480 Speaker 1: watch until like the eighth inning. I just wanted to 706 00:41:05,520 --> 00:41:07,920 Speaker 1: see the way that it ended. But besides that, I 707 00:41:08,120 --> 00:41:11,200 Speaker 1: was focused on other things. I was focused on, frankly, 708 00:41:11,280 --> 00:41:16,279 Speaker 1: more important things than watching what happens with on a 709 00:41:16,320 --> 00:41:19,440 Speaker 1: typical Marlin's day. There's other stuff to pay attention to 710 00:41:19,960 --> 00:41:23,279 Speaker 1: besides the Marlins. In most situations, with the exception of 711 00:41:23,719 --> 00:41:28,040 Speaker 1: Sandy Day, that is when you should still care. You 712 00:41:28,040 --> 00:41:31,520 Speaker 1: should still tune in because you're gonna have a good 713 00:41:31,560 --> 00:41:35,880 Speaker 1: time watching the way that Sandy pitches is special. I 714 00:41:35,880 --> 00:41:38,279 Speaker 1: don't know if he's gonna have another year quite like this. 715 00:41:38,880 --> 00:41:41,400 Speaker 1: It's difficult to put it together. It's even more difficult 716 00:41:41,440 --> 00:41:44,000 Speaker 1: to repeat it. You should savor every time that he 717 00:41:44,080 --> 00:41:47,080 Speaker 1: is on the mound down the stretch for the Marlins. 718 00:41:48,040 --> 00:41:50,680 Speaker 1: I've been Eli Sussman here on the official show on 719 00:41:50,719 --> 00:41:54,840 Speaker 1: the Fish Stripes podcast, rayd and review the pod wherever applicable. 720 00:41:54,920 --> 00:41:57,200 Speaker 1: Subscribe to Fistripes Forever. 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