1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:02,560 Speaker 1: Well, thank you for joining me today. It's always good 2 00:00:02,560 --> 00:00:06,160 Speaker 1: to talk Mets and Marlins. So the Mets Marlins I've 3 00:00:06,160 --> 00:00:08,959 Speaker 1: already met once this season for a four game series. 4 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:12,560 Speaker 1: After this weekend, they will have played seven of their 5 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:15,080 Speaker 1: twelve games now the schedule has changed a little bit. 6 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:18,440 Speaker 1: How are you feeling about the Marlins through their first 7 00:00:18,480 --> 00:00:19,840 Speaker 1: week and a half or so of baseball. 8 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:23,120 Speaker 2: I'm just happy to be back on the roller coaster 9 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:25,599 Speaker 2: again with this team, because it was just a couple 10 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:28,720 Speaker 2: of days ago that it was full blown panic mode. 11 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:30,360 Speaker 2: They lost three or four to the Mets, and then 12 00:00:30,360 --> 00:00:33,120 Speaker 2: they lost really badly to the Twins the very next game, 13 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:37,120 Speaker 2: and there were all these sorts of big picture it 14 00:00:37,159 --> 00:00:39,080 Speaker 2: was a crisis. It was a crisis among people that 15 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:41,199 Speaker 2: expected to see a much different Marlins team than the 16 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:44,200 Speaker 2: year before, and some many common things popped up again 17 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:47,320 Speaker 2: this year. But when you have Santi al Contra andjsus 18 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:49,199 Speaker 2: Lozardo pitching back to back the way that they did 19 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:50,960 Speaker 2: the last two days, it kind of rites the ship 20 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:53,360 Speaker 2: and we're at a point where it does look very 21 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:56,600 Speaker 2: similar to what I anticipated. The top end of this 22 00:00:56,720 --> 00:00:59,319 Speaker 2: rotation that the Marlins have can be about as good 23 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:03,279 Speaker 2: as any end of any rotation, and their bullpen has improved. 24 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 2: We expected more offensive more power production or home run 25 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:11,800 Speaker 2: power than last year, and that seems to be coming 26 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:15,720 Speaker 2: to fruition now that Jorge Hilaire Jatsism Junior are healthy again. 27 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:18,760 Speaker 2: And then everything else is a question in terms of 28 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:22,840 Speaker 2: their defense, playing half of their players in unusual positions, 29 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:26,680 Speaker 2: just a lot of fundamental issues in terms of situational 30 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:29,119 Speaker 2: hitting and in base running as well. You could argue 31 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:31,320 Speaker 2: they've been the worst base running team in the Majors 32 00:01:31,319 --> 00:01:34,720 Speaker 2: through this point the season. It's a team of extremes, 33 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 2: and so you add it all together and they're actually 34 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:39,240 Speaker 2: right now. They're tied with the Mets entering the series 35 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:41,720 Speaker 2: fairly close to five hundred, and this is a team 36 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 2: that I believe has the best chance in a while, 37 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:46,520 Speaker 2: over a full length season for the Marlins to actually 38 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:48,600 Speaker 2: flat with the five hundred mark. 39 00:01:49,720 --> 00:01:52,800 Speaker 1: Okay, you mentioned players playing out a position. To me, 40 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 1: the most egregious of that is, of course Jazz Chisholm, 41 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:58,440 Speaker 1: who is a career infielder playing center field this year. 42 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:02,280 Speaker 1: Now we often hear that, you know, a shortstop moving 43 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:04,640 Speaker 1: to centerfield is not that unusual of a move. In 44 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:09,920 Speaker 1: terms of the raw ability. Oftentimes that's a pretty comparable 45 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:12,639 Speaker 1: position in terms of athletic ability. But for someone whos 46 00:02:12,639 --> 00:02:16,720 Speaker 1: played their whole career there, there is certainly an approach 47 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:18,720 Speaker 1: to playing playing shorts up that's very different than the 48 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:21,959 Speaker 1: approach of playing center field. So how do you feel 49 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:24,560 Speaker 1: about Chisholm as a center fielder thus far? And do 50 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:27,080 Speaker 1: you think this is an experiment that will yield a 51 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:29,720 Speaker 1: different answer come August or September, or do you think 52 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:32,399 Speaker 1: this is sort of the jazz Chishm in centerfield experience? 53 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:35,680 Speaker 2: Well, you touched on it, and that his entire professional 54 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:38,120 Speaker 2: courage to this point. He never played any outfield, much 55 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:40,520 Speaker 2: less centerfield, but no outfield whatsoever coming up through the 56 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:43,320 Speaker 2: minors and through the majors. So the lack of familiarity, 57 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:45,800 Speaker 2: I think that does make it unusual that he hadn't 58 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:49,320 Speaker 2: even like dipped his toe into the water until two 59 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:53,079 Speaker 2: and a half months ago during a team offseason workouts 60 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 2: for that to come out of nowhere. There was some 61 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:58,880 Speaker 2: optimism that he would go into like a boot camp 62 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:01,520 Speaker 2: with their new coaching staff, learn it as quickly as possible, 63 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:05,000 Speaker 2: all the subtleties about playing the position and on, and 64 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:07,560 Speaker 2: I think the results have been disappointing all things considered. 65 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:11,160 Speaker 2: I think anybody that had optimism about him making this conversion, 66 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:13,640 Speaker 2: and he more so than anybody else, he's been vocal 67 00:03:13,639 --> 00:03:15,960 Speaker 2: about the fact that he was going to embrace this 68 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:20,399 Speaker 2: transition and become great there immediately from Actually the evidence 69 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:22,079 Speaker 2: going back to spring training and now in the real 70 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:24,639 Speaker 2: games is that this is going to be another weakness 71 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:26,919 Speaker 2: for this defense. There's just so many plays that he's 72 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:31,840 Speaker 2: not accustomed to making. And it looks a little bit 73 00:03:31,880 --> 00:03:34,000 Speaker 2: better than maybe it did the start of spring, yet 74 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:37,360 Speaker 2: it's still a deficiency for the team. I have a 75 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:40,040 Speaker 2: hard time seeing this being more than a one year experiment. 76 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:42,040 Speaker 2: Maybe he does get better as a year goes on, 77 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 2: I would say I would lean towards that being likely 78 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:48,080 Speaker 2: that they're determined to stick with it this year. It's 79 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:50,160 Speaker 2: just that once we get beyond this point, this is 80 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:52,160 Speaker 2: always supposed to be a stop gap until they had 81 00:03:52,160 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 2: a better internal solution, or until the front office finally 82 00:03:56,360 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 2: felt the pressure to acquire a sure fire experience centerfield 83 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:01,200 Speaker 2: from outside the organization. 84 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:05,160 Speaker 1: So for the listeners who maybe don't follow these teams 85 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 1: as closely as you and I do. From what I gather, 86 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:10,880 Speaker 1: this is more of a problem of the Marlins not 87 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:13,880 Speaker 1: having a center fielder more than the Marlins having too 88 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:17,000 Speaker 1: many shortstops. Correct, they had. 89 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:19,960 Speaker 2: A center fielder in Starling Marte that was extremely popular 90 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:22,760 Speaker 2: and very productive in twenty twenty one, and then they 91 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:25,600 Speaker 2: were unable to come to terms on an extension with him. 92 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:28,640 Speaker 2: Now he's on the other side of this matchup. Maybe 93 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:30,720 Speaker 2: he wasn't going to be a long term centerfielder anyway, 94 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:33,880 Speaker 2: just given where he is in his career arc they 95 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:36,920 Speaker 2: had other opportunities to go outside the organization. There's yet 96 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:39,799 Speaker 2: another new rumor that came out today from Ken Rosenthal 97 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:42,520 Speaker 2: The Athletic that there were conversations with the Cardinals to 98 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:46,400 Speaker 2: acquire Tyler O'Neill over the offseason, and apparently those didn't 99 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:49,039 Speaker 2: actually make it very far. They've checked in with a 100 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:53,760 Speaker 2: lot of potential centerfield mainly in trades. Given how expensive 101 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:57,360 Speaker 2: these guys are in free agency, They've looked around and yeah, 102 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:01,000 Speaker 2: it has been avoid in the organization ever since traded Marte, 103 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:02,880 Speaker 2: which is now almost two full years ago. 104 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:09,640 Speaker 1: Right in terms of the the prospects down on the farm, 105 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:12,840 Speaker 1: is there a center fielder or an outfielder in general 106 00:05:12,880 --> 00:05:14,679 Speaker 1: that you think is going to be that impact player 107 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:16,040 Speaker 1: for the Marlins in the next year or two. 108 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:20,039 Speaker 2: I'm short answer is no. I'd say the one that 109 00:05:20,279 --> 00:05:22,640 Speaker 2: maybe I'm a little bit higher on than others that 110 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:25,880 Speaker 2: thing has a chance is Payden Burdick. He debuted last 111 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:29,719 Speaker 2: year down the stretch, didn't hit very consistently, and he's 112 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:33,919 Speaker 2: not a conventional centerfielder. Defensively, he has played more of 113 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:36,840 Speaker 2: it than was expected to early in his pro career. 114 00:05:36,839 --> 00:05:39,920 Speaker 2: He is supposed to be just this beefy corner outfielder type, 115 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:43,120 Speaker 2: and he's beefier than ever, but he's actually that athleticism 116 00:05:43,839 --> 00:05:47,640 Speaker 2: makes him playable in center field. He has really immense power. 117 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:49,920 Speaker 2: He's a three true outcomes type of guy. A lot 118 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:52,200 Speaker 2: of home runs, a lot of walks, a lot of strikeouts, 119 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:54,440 Speaker 2: and I think he'll be much better once he gets 120 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:57,240 Speaker 2: a second taste the big leags as this year goes on. 121 00:05:57,480 --> 00:06:00,600 Speaker 2: I'd be surprised though, if he's like an every day solution. 122 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:02,960 Speaker 2: Other than that, you just have to look really deep 123 00:06:03,120 --> 00:06:06,640 Speaker 2: on their farm system at the international free agents that 124 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:11,560 Speaker 2: they've signed the last couple of years. Jose Girardo, who 125 00:06:11,640 --> 00:06:14,760 Speaker 2: is only seventeen years old and is not yet even 126 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:18,359 Speaker 2: on a full season minor league roster. He has immense tools, 127 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:21,080 Speaker 2: it's just that he that's many years, not just one. 128 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:25,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, we're talking four or five years minimum. Yeah, right 129 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:26,480 Speaker 1: by this point. 130 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:29,520 Speaker 2: The one player that you circle that was supposed to 131 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:32,000 Speaker 2: be up with the team at this point at that 132 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:35,640 Speaker 2: position is Victor Victor Mesa, who they signs to a 133 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:40,360 Speaker 2: five million dollar bonus in late twenty eighteen, very experienced 134 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:43,160 Speaker 2: player in Cuba at the time. He was supposed to 135 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:45,080 Speaker 2: be fast tracked to the majors and he just simply 136 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:47,599 Speaker 2: has not been able to hit whatsoever. So he's a 137 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:51,839 Speaker 2: very good center fielder, but there's just no element of 138 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:55,479 Speaker 2: the offensive profile that's there to make him playable at 139 00:06:55,480 --> 00:06:57,560 Speaker 2: this point. So they already kind of stuck in this 140 00:06:57,640 --> 00:07:02,159 Speaker 2: situation where it's not Jazz playing for right now. Really, 141 00:07:02,240 --> 00:07:05,520 Speaker 2: the backup right at this point is Brian de la Cruz, 142 00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:08,720 Speaker 2: who at times has been a terrific hitter and at 143 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:12,040 Speaker 2: times has been a terrific defender, but lacking a lot 144 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:16,160 Speaker 2: of consistency, it's not an ideal option in that spot either. 145 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:21,400 Speaker 1: Sure. Now, let's talk about the series between the Mets 146 00:07:21,440 --> 00:07:24,160 Speaker 1: and the Marlins. That happened opening weekend, As you mentioned, 147 00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:28,440 Speaker 1: the Mets won three or four. Sandy Alcantra did what 148 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:29,840 Speaker 1: he does. You know, the Mets are able to get 149 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:32,920 Speaker 1: to him a little bit, but Alcntra's always impressive. You 150 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:37,679 Speaker 1: mentioned Jesus Lozardo looks great as well. You know from there, 151 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:41,480 Speaker 1: the Marlins pitching didn't hold up as well as maybe 152 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:44,640 Speaker 1: you know, you mentioned that you had hoped, but the 153 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:47,920 Speaker 1: team does to me seem like it has you mentioned 154 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:49,160 Speaker 1: before this and maybe the team that has the best 155 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:53,200 Speaker 1: chance of getting to five hundred this season. I always 156 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:56,240 Speaker 1: don't like playing the Marlins because I feel like the 157 00:07:56,280 --> 00:07:58,880 Speaker 1: Marlins are a team that has so much young talent, 158 00:07:59,320 --> 00:08:01,960 Speaker 1: but it's just hard to get all that talent firing 159 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:05,680 Speaker 1: on all cylinders at the same time. Sometimes it seems 160 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:07,840 Speaker 1: like there's a player that's hot and someone else's cold. 161 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:10,040 Speaker 1: You know, Trevor Rodgers had a great year two seasons ago. 162 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:12,000 Speaker 1: Last year he didn't have such a great season. These 163 00:08:12,080 --> 00:08:13,960 Speaker 1: things sort of come and go with the team. Do 164 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:17,000 Speaker 1: you see when you watch the team? Do you see 165 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:19,920 Speaker 1: that inconsistency or is there something that I'm seeing just 166 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:21,280 Speaker 1: because of my vantage point? 167 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:23,960 Speaker 2: As a Mets fan, I think that's a very fair 168 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:26,600 Speaker 2: summation of it, maybe a generous summation. There was a 169 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:29,120 Speaker 2: lot of times, especially last year, where nobody was hot 170 00:08:29,160 --> 00:08:32,360 Speaker 2: at a particular time. They had stretches where offensively they 171 00:08:32,440 --> 00:08:35,960 Speaker 2: went almost a full week without scoring a run. Just 172 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:38,960 Speaker 2: historic levels of terribleness on that front. So I think 173 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:41,400 Speaker 2: that's generous to even say that they're like alternating between 174 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:44,640 Speaker 2: hot and cold. That'd be a very fortunate outcome to have. 175 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:48,280 Speaker 2: That's a big reason why they overhauled the coaching staff 176 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:51,480 Speaker 2: this past offseason, with Don Mattingly going out and most 177 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:55,320 Speaker 2: of his other lieutenants going out and being replaced, bringing 178 00:08:55,360 --> 00:08:59,240 Speaker 2: in other minds. Generally of this new group being younger 179 00:08:59,280 --> 00:09:02,640 Speaker 2: and also being more or data savvy than the previous group, 180 00:09:02,679 --> 00:09:05,400 Speaker 2: more hands on also with the communication they have with 181 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:08,320 Speaker 2: players and coming up with suggestions, trying to fix some 182 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:11,439 Speaker 2: of their inconsistencies before they go in syslumps, and being 183 00:09:11,440 --> 00:09:16,600 Speaker 2: proactive in that way. Unfortunately, on the hitting side, that 184 00:09:16,760 --> 00:09:19,240 Speaker 2: is still a work in progress. This new whatever they're 185 00:09:19,280 --> 00:09:24,120 Speaker 2: doing under hitting coach Brent Brown, the hitters absolutely rave 186 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:26,960 Speaker 2: about him and some of the differences he's bringing compared 187 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:28,520 Speaker 2: to what they used to have. It's just the results 188 00:09:28,520 --> 00:09:32,160 Speaker 2: are not there whatsoever. What's been so confusing with this 189 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:36,480 Speaker 2: team right now offensively is so much swing and miss. 190 00:09:36,559 --> 00:09:39,400 Speaker 2: They are leading the majors in strikeout rate right now, 191 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:42,319 Speaker 2: striking out almost a third of their plate appearances after 192 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:46,000 Speaker 2: an off season that was focused very specifically on cutting 193 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:48,840 Speaker 2: down on the strikeouts with the acquisitions they made of 194 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:51,760 Speaker 2: Luisa Rise and Jean Sigura and Yuli Guriell. These are 195 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:54,760 Speaker 2: guys that, if nothing else, you trust them to get 196 00:09:54,760 --> 00:09:57,160 Speaker 2: the bat on the ball, and for whatever reason, across 197 00:09:57,200 --> 00:09:59,600 Speaker 2: like this entire roster, there's a lot of these players 198 00:09:59,640 --> 00:10:02,600 Speaker 2: that are strikes looking out even more than historically they do. 199 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:06,680 Speaker 2: I hope that's just a small sample size thing, or 200 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:09,400 Speaker 2: just an adjustment to exactly what type of messaging they're 201 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:13,680 Speaker 2: getting from the coaching staff at this point. That that's 202 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:16,520 Speaker 2: a concern, of course, because the path for this team 203 00:10:16,559 --> 00:10:18,719 Speaker 2: to improve from one year to the next was a 204 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:20,480 Speaker 2: lot of it was just going to rely simply on 205 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:23,920 Speaker 2: the offense making more productive outs and getting more extra 206 00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:26,760 Speaker 2: base hits and doing everything better. And to this point 207 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:30,120 Speaker 2: they're doing some things better, but somehow the strikeout rate 208 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:32,760 Speaker 2: is going in the wrong direction, and that's why at 209 00:10:32,760 --> 00:10:34,400 Speaker 2: this point the season they've been one of the least 210 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:37,359 Speaker 2: productive teams on that side of the ball. 211 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:42,640 Speaker 1: Now, you know you mentioned the rough loss earlier in 212 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:45,000 Speaker 1: the week against Twins. They came back in a two 213 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:48,960 Speaker 1: nice wins. How are you feeling about the team's sort 214 00:10:48,960 --> 00:10:51,920 Speaker 1: of momentum going into New York this weekend? 215 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:56,240 Speaker 2: It turns very quickly simply coming off those two games 216 00:10:56,280 --> 00:10:59,480 Speaker 2: they had that flipped it around. The concern is that 217 00:10:59,640 --> 00:11:02,320 Speaker 2: because it was flipped around mainly because of al Contra 218 00:11:02,520 --> 00:11:05,040 Speaker 2: and Lozardo, and those are two pitchers we don't expect 219 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:08,880 Speaker 2: to see in this Mets series. There'll be Friday Edward 220 00:11:08,920 --> 00:11:12,720 Speaker 2: Cabrera and that Saturday Trevor Rodgers. Sunday not yet announced. 221 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:15,199 Speaker 2: It could be Sandy on regular rest, but I think 222 00:11:15,240 --> 00:11:18,000 Speaker 2: it's more likely going to be Braxton Garrett, who was 223 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:20,160 Speaker 2: just called back up from the Miners. It seems that 224 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:21,959 Speaker 2: both of those those guys at the top of the 225 00:11:22,040 --> 00:11:24,840 Speaker 2: rotation they'll be saved for the Phillies series. And I'm 226 00:11:24,880 --> 00:11:27,160 Speaker 2: sure Mets fans are alright with that, having them Fitch 227 00:11:27,160 --> 00:11:32,360 Speaker 2: against the Phillies of the Mets. Yeah, simply winning games 228 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:36,480 Speaker 2: is very important, and this most recent win being led 229 00:11:36,520 --> 00:11:40,320 Speaker 2: offensively by Jorge Solaire, that is pretty inspiring for a 230 00:11:40,320 --> 00:11:42,480 Speaker 2: player that they missed so much of last year and 231 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:44,960 Speaker 2: you didn't perform the way he was supposed to. He's 232 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:48,320 Speaker 2: the highest paid player on the team for this season 233 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:51,640 Speaker 2: and with that comes certain levels of expectations. And to 234 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:53,640 Speaker 2: this point, even though he's one of the many guys 235 00:11:53,640 --> 00:11:55,600 Speaker 2: that are striking out at a high volume, when he's 236 00:11:55,640 --> 00:11:59,840 Speaker 2: making contact, it's been incredible quality of contact. So somebody 237 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:04,319 Speaker 2: like that being who he was supposed to be after 238 00:12:04,520 --> 00:12:08,000 Speaker 2: a down year, I think that that alone has raises 239 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:10,439 Speaker 2: a lot of confidence in the clubhouse that if guys 240 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:12,920 Speaker 2: get on base, there finally is at least one guy 241 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:15,920 Speaker 2: who to this point is driving them eight when they 242 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:18,440 Speaker 2: get on base and sort of making this offense works 243 00:12:18,520 --> 00:12:20,400 Speaker 2: in some situations. 244 00:12:21,640 --> 00:12:26,120 Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah. So, as as the Marlins rep for f 245 00:12:26,160 --> 00:12:28,680 Speaker 1: FSN and just as a Marlins fan in general, what 246 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:30,800 Speaker 1: are the questions you have about the Mets going into 247 00:12:30,840 --> 00:12:33,160 Speaker 1: this series? What are the things that you folks are 248 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:36,360 Speaker 1: thinking about that maybe your listeners might care about that 249 00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:38,160 Speaker 1: I could help shed some light on. 250 00:12:39,679 --> 00:12:45,600 Speaker 2: Oh well, that's a good question. I suppose the bullpen 251 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:49,880 Speaker 2: situation without Edwin Diaz being in the mix? How has 252 00:12:49,960 --> 00:12:54,760 Speaker 2: that now? What sort of hierarchy is that bullpen now 253 00:12:54,800 --> 00:12:58,000 Speaker 2: set up in to finish off games? And yeah, so 254 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:01,640 Speaker 2: this is that really to to this point the season 255 00:13:01,679 --> 00:13:05,800 Speaker 2: hasn't shown much of a comeback bone in them that opportunity. 256 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:08,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, I will say the same about the Mets. You know, 257 00:13:08,920 --> 00:13:10,840 Speaker 1: the Mets managed to come back a little bit yesterday 258 00:13:10,840 --> 00:13:13,120 Speaker 1: before the sweep up by the Brewers was complete, but 259 00:13:13,120 --> 00:13:16,160 Speaker 1: they have not been the comeback kids necessarily either this 260 00:13:16,240 --> 00:13:18,760 Speaker 1: season yet. Well, so, the Mets did a lot of 261 00:13:18,760 --> 00:13:22,040 Speaker 1: bullpen work this offseason in addition to resigning Edwin Diaz, 262 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:23,880 Speaker 1: which as we all know, he went down during the 263 00:13:23,880 --> 00:13:27,680 Speaker 1: World Baseball Classic in a really unfortunate way. But the 264 00:13:27,720 --> 00:13:31,520 Speaker 1: Mets has re signed Adam Ottavino and signed David Robertson 265 00:13:31,840 --> 00:13:35,560 Speaker 1: to contracts. They traded for Brooks Raley from the Rays. 266 00:13:36,040 --> 00:13:38,679 Speaker 1: They brought back Tommy Hunter, who had a couple of 267 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:41,160 Speaker 1: good stretches with them over the last couple of seasons, 268 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:43,920 Speaker 1: and a couple of young players Drew Smith and Stephen Gosik, 269 00:13:44,040 --> 00:13:45,640 Speaker 1: who have been a part of the bullpen now for 270 00:13:45,679 --> 00:13:48,640 Speaker 1: the last season or so, and so the bullpen is 271 00:13:49,040 --> 00:13:55,280 Speaker 1: a nicely remade, remade entity with Rayley and Robertson in there. 272 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:57,760 Speaker 1: And so right now it seems like Rayley, Robertson, and 273 00:13:57,760 --> 00:13:59,840 Speaker 1: Ottavino or sort of the big three. At the end. 274 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:03,640 Speaker 1: Robertson got the first sale opportunity of the year. Ottavino 275 00:14:03,800 --> 00:14:05,800 Speaker 1: was brought in yesterday with the game tied in the 276 00:14:05,880 --> 00:14:07,920 Speaker 1: ninth inning, and you wound up giving up those runs. 277 00:14:08,160 --> 00:14:11,079 Speaker 1: So I would say that Robertson is probably the de 278 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:14,200 Speaker 1: facto closer right now, but I think that Buck Showalter 279 00:14:14,360 --> 00:14:17,240 Speaker 1: is going to be a little bit more flexible in 280 00:14:17,320 --> 00:14:20,360 Speaker 1: how he uses those three high leverage relievers as the 281 00:14:20,400 --> 00:14:26,160 Speaker 1: season goes on. My big concern with those three guys 282 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:28,760 Speaker 1: is just well, first of all, I like Brooks Raley's 283 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:32,640 Speaker 1: stuff a lot. He's left handed, which can get you 284 00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:34,160 Speaker 1: into some trouble late and nnings. If you have some 285 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:35,880 Speaker 1: right headed power bats coming up, you may not want 286 00:14:35,880 --> 00:14:39,320 Speaker 1: to have a left in there. But it's great when 287 00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:41,560 Speaker 1: you're playing, like for instance, when the Phillies, when Bryce 288 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:44,160 Speaker 1: Harper's healthy and he's due up in the ninth inning 289 00:14:44,200 --> 00:14:46,040 Speaker 1: of a game, that is a very nice thing to have. 290 00:14:46,080 --> 00:14:48,120 Speaker 1: On you in your bullpen to have a lights out 291 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:50,240 Speaker 1: lefty reliever for the end of the game. I think 292 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:53,320 Speaker 1: Robertson's going to be the guy. But Robertson is he's 293 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:55,640 Speaker 1: not so young as he used to be. That's true 294 00:14:55,680 --> 00:14:57,760 Speaker 1: of all of us, but he's he's especially an older 295 00:14:57,800 --> 00:15:01,320 Speaker 1: player for Major League Baseball team. He hasn't closed all 296 00:15:01,360 --> 00:15:03,080 Speaker 1: that much in the last couple of years. He and 297 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:05,600 Speaker 1: Ottavino have both sort of been in positions where they're 298 00:15:05,640 --> 00:15:08,160 Speaker 1: closing some games, but they're also being used as setup men. 299 00:15:08,760 --> 00:15:12,000 Speaker 1: And I don't really know if there's much in the 300 00:15:12,040 --> 00:15:14,360 Speaker 1: difference between an eighth inning and nine thing person. I 301 00:15:14,360 --> 00:15:18,640 Speaker 1: know different people have different opinions about that, but you know, 302 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:21,680 Speaker 1: Robertson's stuff is still pretty good, but it's not quite 303 00:15:21,680 --> 00:15:24,280 Speaker 1: what it was, And although this is true of almost 304 00:15:24,320 --> 00:15:27,680 Speaker 1: everyone in baseball, it's not what Edwin Diaz's stuff is, right, 305 00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:30,640 Speaker 1: So the Mets are really missing Diaz in that sense, 306 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:34,640 Speaker 1: But I'm not I'm not terribly worried about the bullpen, 307 00:15:35,240 --> 00:15:37,200 Speaker 1: except for the fact that the Mets have one of 308 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:41,000 Speaker 1: the oldest starting rotations in baseball, and so because of that, 309 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:44,640 Speaker 1: you're going to see more innings out of those relievers 310 00:15:44,640 --> 00:15:47,240 Speaker 1: than you maybe would have gotten with a younger starting staff. 311 00:15:47,240 --> 00:15:49,920 Speaker 1: And so I think that right now, as long as 312 00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:55,280 Speaker 1: the Mets are not overworking their relievers. I mean, buckshow 313 00:15:55,280 --> 00:16:01,520 Speaker 1: Walter has has been much better than then other managers 314 00:16:01,560 --> 00:16:04,480 Speaker 1: have been in recent Mets pass in terms of overusing, 315 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:08,440 Speaker 1: over taxing a bullpen armor two. That's a that the 316 00:16:08,640 --> 00:16:12,680 Speaker 1: newest Met acquired on waivers just before opening day. Dennis 317 00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:16,960 Speaker 1: Martinez was used three of the first four games in 318 00:16:17,040 --> 00:16:19,360 Speaker 1: the season, so maybe Buck is going to lean on 319 00:16:19,440 --> 00:16:22,400 Speaker 1: him a little bit too much. But long answer to 320 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:24,280 Speaker 1: a short question, I think their bullpen is going to 321 00:16:24,280 --> 00:16:26,680 Speaker 1: be okay. I would say you're probably gonna see David 322 00:16:26,760 --> 00:16:29,280 Speaker 1: Robertson closing games this weekend if it gets into a 323 00:16:29,280 --> 00:16:33,240 Speaker 1: safe situation. Though we'll see now if. 324 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:35,880 Speaker 2: I saw this right entering the series or calling back 325 00:16:35,920 --> 00:16:38,480 Speaker 2: up Francisco Alparez from the Miners. 326 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:43,320 Speaker 1: Yes so Omar Narvaez got hurt in the series finale 327 00:16:43,360 --> 00:16:47,000 Speaker 1: against the Brewers yesterday, and so Alvarez will be up 328 00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:49,360 Speaker 1: for the weekend, which is exciting for Mets fans but 329 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:54,760 Speaker 1: also a bit terrifying because he ya, so he came 330 00:16:54,840 --> 00:16:57,000 Speaker 1: up very briefly at the end of last year, I 331 00:16:57,120 --> 00:16:59,560 Speaker 1: among others, were very critical of them bringing him up 332 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:02,240 Speaker 1: in the series of the year against the Braves, arguably 333 00:17:02,280 --> 00:17:04,880 Speaker 1: the most important series of the year. You're asking someone 334 00:17:04,920 --> 00:17:07,760 Speaker 1: to step into this position that they've never played before, 335 00:17:08,600 --> 00:17:10,159 Speaker 1: never been in the majors before. I should say he's 336 00:17:10,160 --> 00:17:12,520 Speaker 1: played catcher his whole career, but you know, asking him 337 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:15,000 Speaker 1: to basically step up for the first time in the 338 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:17,240 Speaker 1: biggest week it's biggest weekend of the Mets of the 339 00:17:17,240 --> 00:17:19,879 Speaker 1: Mets year, and he did not perform very well offensively 340 00:17:20,240 --> 00:17:22,600 Speaker 1: and didn't catch much. He was dhing a bit, and 341 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:25,200 Speaker 1: so it was a bit of a weird debut for him. 342 00:17:25,600 --> 00:17:28,520 Speaker 1: And then he had off season surgery and this spring 343 00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:31,520 Speaker 1: he looks good defensively, but hit almost nothing in spring training. 344 00:17:31,560 --> 00:17:33,920 Speaker 1: And I know spring training stats don't matter that much, 345 00:17:34,359 --> 00:17:36,679 Speaker 1: but you want to see a young player hitting in 346 00:17:36,720 --> 00:17:40,000 Speaker 1: the spring. And you know, the Mets had often said 347 00:17:40,040 --> 00:17:41,760 Speaker 1: that unless he was going to play every day, they 348 00:17:41,760 --> 00:17:44,199 Speaker 1: were going to keep him down for a while to 349 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:48,640 Speaker 1: make sure he's working on his hitting, his defense, everything, 350 00:17:48,720 --> 00:17:50,800 Speaker 1: just to make the most complete player that can be. 351 00:17:51,240 --> 00:17:53,600 Speaker 1: This was not the plan for that. They were hoping 352 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:55,840 Speaker 1: to have him down for at least a month or 353 00:17:55,840 --> 00:17:58,240 Speaker 1: two to work out any kings that were there. But 354 00:17:58,520 --> 00:18:01,600 Speaker 1: Narvaia's got hurt. He's the next in line, and I 355 00:18:01,640 --> 00:18:03,840 Speaker 1: think you're gonna see him start the bulk of the games. 356 00:18:03,840 --> 00:18:06,200 Speaker 1: If he's gonna be here, he's gonna play. So he's 357 00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:08,560 Speaker 1: probably gonna split a little bit more with Tomas Nido 358 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:13,920 Speaker 1: than Narvaez would have. But I still think you're gonna 359 00:18:13,920 --> 00:18:15,840 Speaker 1: see him catching at least three or four games a week, 360 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:18,600 Speaker 1: and hopefully this is where his offensive potential starts to 361 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:22,320 Speaker 1: bloss him a little bit. Because Alvarez is a special player. 362 00:18:22,359 --> 00:18:24,679 Speaker 1: The Mets really believe that he has the potential to 363 00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:29,439 Speaker 1: be a, you know, a franchise altering player, and for 364 00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:32,600 Speaker 1: a team that has so often been built on pitching, 365 00:18:32,960 --> 00:18:34,920 Speaker 1: it is nice over the last few years to see 366 00:18:34,920 --> 00:18:38,719 Speaker 1: guys like Pete Alonso, Brandon Nimo, Jeff McNeil step up 367 00:18:38,760 --> 00:18:40,879 Speaker 1: and be offensive pieces for the Mets, and they can 368 00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:44,200 Speaker 1: add Alvarez to that along with Lindor who came over 369 00:18:44,240 --> 00:18:46,520 Speaker 1: a couple of seasons ago. Now all of a sudden, 370 00:18:46,520 --> 00:18:50,320 Speaker 1: you have a really, really strong, young offensive corps that 371 00:18:50,359 --> 00:18:52,920 Speaker 1: you can plan around for the next four or five seasons. 372 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:56,760 Speaker 2: Right, Yeah, I'm a little jealous. Was right before the 373 00:18:56,760 --> 00:18:59,240 Speaker 2: start of the season that the Mets extended McNeil, and 374 00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:01,919 Speaker 2: what I thought was a really reasonable extension. And the 375 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:04,280 Speaker 2: reason why he just really stuck in my mind is 376 00:19:04,280 --> 00:19:08,040 Speaker 2: because him and Luisa Rise stylistically have a lot in common. 377 00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:11,840 Speaker 2: When the Marlins traded for Rise, I at least tripped 378 00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:14,560 Speaker 2: to my mind that maybe they not only acquire him 379 00:19:14,560 --> 00:19:16,720 Speaker 2: now he does have some years of control left. I 380 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:19,840 Speaker 2: thought potentially that was a candidate for them to extend 381 00:19:20,359 --> 00:19:23,760 Speaker 2: as well. Yeah, even though it's been a few weeks, 382 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:27,960 Speaker 2: I'm curious about your reaction to them picking Even with 383 00:19:28,080 --> 00:19:30,960 Speaker 2: Steve Cohen having so many more resources than the Marlins 384 00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:34,360 Speaker 2: have to extend players, how do you feel about them 385 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:37,040 Speaker 2: locking McNeil through what I would expect to be the 386 00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:38,679 Speaker 2: rest of his prime years. 387 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:41,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, I love it. I mean McNeil is not your 388 00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:45,159 Speaker 1: prototypical ball player in terms of like a twenty twenty 389 00:19:45,240 --> 00:19:47,639 Speaker 1: three player. You know, he's not so you know, he 390 00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:49,639 Speaker 1: hit some home runs, but he's not really a power hitter. 391 00:19:50,040 --> 00:19:53,639 Speaker 1: He he sprays the ball all over the field. He 392 00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:57,520 Speaker 1: has a great hit tool, he has a it's funny. 393 00:19:57,560 --> 00:19:59,000 Speaker 1: He has a good eye at the plate, but also 394 00:19:59,080 --> 00:20:01,840 Speaker 1: as a hacker. If he needs to walk, he will, 395 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:04,080 Speaker 1: but he likes to put the ball in play, and 396 00:20:04,160 --> 00:20:07,320 Speaker 1: he will frequently. He has been a much better defender 397 00:20:07,359 --> 00:20:09,680 Speaker 1: than people thought he would be at second base. He 398 00:20:09,760 --> 00:20:13,159 Speaker 1: also offers some nice positional flexibility as he plays the 399 00:20:13,160 --> 00:20:16,840 Speaker 1: corner outfield as well, so it seems like at least 400 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:18,920 Speaker 1: once a week he's gonna give one of the three 401 00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:22,800 Speaker 1: outfielders a rest and play left or right field for 402 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:25,960 Speaker 1: the Mets. So I love McNeil as a player. I 403 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:27,760 Speaker 1: think he's you know, he's the first Met to ever 404 00:20:27,840 --> 00:20:30,280 Speaker 1: lead the entire Major League is not just a National 405 00:20:30,359 --> 00:20:34,080 Speaker 1: League in hitting, which he did last season, and I 406 00:20:34,160 --> 00:20:39,320 Speaker 1: just think he is a If you have him right now, 407 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:42,320 Speaker 1: he tends to be batting fifth behind Pete Alonso, and 408 00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:44,920 Speaker 1: I sort of love that, even though conventionally you would 409 00:20:44,920 --> 00:20:48,159 Speaker 1: think you would have him in front of Alonso to 410 00:20:48,240 --> 00:20:50,800 Speaker 1: have another man on base, but the Mets, between Nimo 411 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:54,399 Speaker 1: and Marte and Lindor sort of have that covered and 412 00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:56,120 Speaker 1: so putting him in the five hole, he's gonna see 413 00:20:56,119 --> 00:20:58,760 Speaker 1: a lot of pitches because he's still protected by Mark 414 00:20:58,760 --> 00:21:02,720 Speaker 1: Canna and Dana vogelback. I think he just he lengthens 415 00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:09,800 Speaker 1: the lineup in a really, really satisfying way for the Mets. Yeah, 416 00:21:10,119 --> 00:21:10,840 Speaker 1: go ahead. 417 00:21:10,560 --> 00:21:12,480 Speaker 2: I think we can wrap it up right here. 418 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:15,960 Speaker 1: Yeah really, Before I let you go, I did want 419 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:18,560 Speaker 1: to ask, what is your prediction for the weekend? 420 00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:22,359 Speaker 2: Oh well, I'm a specialty in this because every single 421 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:25,879 Speaker 2: series on our outlet, we'd be sure to do serious 422 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:28,960 Speaker 2: predictions not only how many of the Martins will win, 423 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:31,399 Speaker 2: but we always pick out a series MVP as well. 424 00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:34,879 Speaker 2: In this case, I've already yeah, I've already made my picks. 425 00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:37,480 Speaker 2: I have the Mets winning two out of three in 426 00:21:37,520 --> 00:21:41,560 Speaker 2: this series, again, similar to the previous series that these 427 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:43,040 Speaker 2: two teams met. I think it's gonna be a lot 428 00:21:43,040 --> 00:21:46,840 Speaker 2: of very closely contested games that come down to small 429 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:50,359 Speaker 2: situational things that frankly, the Mets do a little bit 430 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:53,840 Speaker 2: better than the Marlins tend to do. But I think, 431 00:21:53,960 --> 00:21:58,080 Speaker 2: who did I have as my m VP pick? Yeah, well, 432 00:21:58,119 --> 00:22:00,920 Speaker 2: Jeff McNeil is always a very safe bet to make 433 00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:03,160 Speaker 2: some sort of impact place during the course of the series. 434 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:06,720 Speaker 2: But I also think Mark Canna, another player that I 435 00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:08,840 Speaker 2: felt would have fit the Marlins really well. When he 436 00:22:08,840 --> 00:22:12,600 Speaker 2: was available in free agency a year and a half ago. Yeah, 437 00:22:12,840 --> 00:22:15,080 Speaker 2: I imagine that he's going to have a pretty big 438 00:22:15,119 --> 00:22:16,440 Speaker 2: impact on this series as well. 439 00:22:17,720 --> 00:22:20,800 Speaker 1: Yeah. I feel like you got a really good sense 440 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:24,119 Speaker 1: of what Canna can be in the Miami series, but 441 00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:29,600 Speaker 1: unfortunately that is not always. He has been a streakier 442 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:31,680 Speaker 1: player for the Mets than he was before coming over. 443 00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:34,720 Speaker 1: But I hope you're right. I will echo that. I 444 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:36,360 Speaker 1: think two out of three sounds about right. The Mets 445 00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:39,000 Speaker 1: had a really horrible series in Milwaukee, and I feel 446 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:41,159 Speaker 1: like they are fired up to win at home for 447 00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:45,359 Speaker 1: the first series. There's an MVP I'm gonna be boring 448 00:22:45,359 --> 00:22:49,399 Speaker 1: and San Francisco Lindoor. He's just been so fun to 449 00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:52,679 Speaker 1: watch on the defensive side of the ball, and everyone 450 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:54,679 Speaker 1: knows what he can do offensively. I think Lindor is 451 00:22:54,680 --> 00:22:56,920 Speaker 1: going to have another monster year for the Mets. So yeah, 452 00:22:56,960 --> 00:23:00,240 Speaker 1: that's what it's my MVP pick. Well, Eli, thank you 453 00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:03,240 Speaker 1: so much for doing this. Where can folks find you online? 454 00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:07,240 Speaker 2: Well, I am as you mentioned Marlin's representative here on 455 00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:09,840 Speaker 2: the network. Our pod is fish on First, so if 456 00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:12,040 Speaker 2: they want to find the pod specific stuff that is 457 00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:16,240 Speaker 2: right there on Twitter. Fish on First But me personally, 458 00:23:16,280 --> 00:23:20,320 Speaker 2: I'm at Real Eli on Twitter, Real e l Y 459 00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:24,520 Speaker 2: covering the team on the pod also on fish Stripes 460 00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:27,560 Speaker 2: dot Com. Yeah, we do a whole lot of comprehensive 461 00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:30,520 Speaker 2: coverage of the team, my entire staff, a lot of 462 00:23:30,560 --> 00:23:33,520 Speaker 2: hands on, credentialed coverage as well in Miami where there's 463 00:23:33,520 --> 00:23:35,280 Speaker 2: not a whole lot of people knocking down the door 464 00:23:35,440 --> 00:23:38,080 Speaker 2: to actually be at the ballpark every single game, and 465 00:23:38,080 --> 00:23:40,040 Speaker 2: we take a lot of pride in covering it as 466 00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:43,200 Speaker 2: closely as possible over there. So for the full comprehensive 467 00:23:43,240 --> 00:23:46,520 Speaker 2: coverage that we do in across all of our different mediums, 468 00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:48,240 Speaker 2: you can find us at Fish Stripes. 469 00:23:49,119 --> 00:23:52,600 Speaker 1: That it is nice when you don't have like seven 470 00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:56,480 Speaker 1: local papers to compete with for coverage like we do 471 00:23:56,520 --> 00:23:59,760 Speaker 1: in New York unfortunately. So yeah, you guys do fantastic 472 00:23:59,800 --> 00:24:01,960 Speaker 1: work over at Fish Stripes and at Fish on First. 473 00:24:02,080 --> 00:24:05,200 Speaker 1: So thank you for joining us, and yeah, good luck 474 00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:06,000 Speaker 1: this weekend. 475 00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:07,840 Speaker 2: You as well. Thanks a lot, Brian