1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:04,760 Speaker 1: Today is Wednesday, April fourteen, and this is big Fish 2 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:08,600 Speaker 1: Small Pod. Here at the Fish Stripes Network. We take 3 00:00:08,640 --> 00:00:12,000 Speaker 1: our time every weekday to catch you up on all 4 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:17,279 Speaker 1: things Marlins in ten minutes or less. And that is 5 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:20,760 Speaker 1: big Fish Small Pod. So I'm at word All, your 6 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:24,600 Speaker 1: host on Wednesdays and Fridays, and I'd like to address 7 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:28,880 Speaker 1: something of the elephant in the room. Obviously we don't 8 00:00:28,920 --> 00:00:32,599 Speaker 1: know each other. I'm a t wordall. You are a 9 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:35,360 Speaker 1: stranger to me, I'm a stranger to you for me. 10 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:39,320 Speaker 1: The whole point of this interaction is to just support 11 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:42,080 Speaker 1: this Marlins team as best we can and just get 12 00:00:42,159 --> 00:00:45,680 Speaker 1: as much as we can from them as fans and 13 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:49,440 Speaker 1: as just people. I want the Marlins to play a 14 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:53,080 Speaker 1: positive role in my life, and I want the Marlins 15 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:55,840 Speaker 1: to play a positive role in your life too. 16 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:56,920 Speaker 2: I haven't seen. 17 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:01,960 Speaker 1: The Marlins so distinctly target world series as they are 18 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:06,000 Speaker 1: doing now, and what they're doing is building to it sustainably. 19 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:08,600 Speaker 2: So anyways, that's the inter direction. 20 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:17,000 Speaker 1: But yeah, today April fourteenth, big Fish Small Pod, catch 21 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:21,040 Speaker 1: you up on the latest in Miami Marlins. So last 22 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:25,000 Speaker 1: night the Marlins played the Atlanta Braves at Truest Park, 23 00:01:25,319 --> 00:01:28,920 Speaker 1: Cobb County, Georgia, former home of the All Star Game 24 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:32,840 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty one, and the current site of this 25 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 1: showdown between two National League East rivals. 26 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:39,720 Speaker 2: On paper, the. 27 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:43,440 Speaker 1: Matchup of Pablo Lopez and Max Freed might have seemed 28 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:46,880 Speaker 1: to be more of a middle of the road sort 29 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:48,840 Speaker 1: of matchup. 30 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:51,320 Speaker 2: Pablo Lopez is one of the better starters in. 31 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:54,880 Speaker 1: The league, but by no means is he a Jacob 32 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:57,800 Speaker 1: de gram or even a Sandy al Contra at this point. 33 00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:03,200 Speaker 1: But Max Free, the opposing pitcher, was a first round 34 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:07,559 Speaker 1: draft pick, has played numerous seasons in the major leagues, 35 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:11,840 Speaker 1: and now twenty twenty one, he's your twenty seventh season. 36 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:16,000 Speaker 1: After placing fifth in the Sally Young voting in twenty twenty, 37 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:21,840 Speaker 1: there were high expectations, but thus far to start the year, 38 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:29,800 Speaker 1: Max Freed has held an eleven forty five ERA in 39 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 1: his three games, and last night did nothing to lower 40 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:41,280 Speaker 1: the blood pressure relax the hearts of these Braves. 41 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:42,000 Speaker 2: Fans that. 42 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:48,280 Speaker 1: Thought Max Reid might be a solid contributor to this 43 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:54,760 Speaker 1: Brave's rotation and lock down what would be another division win, 44 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:57,880 Speaker 1: and so far at the start of the season. 45 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:00,200 Speaker 2: After the Marlins. 46 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:03,040 Speaker 1: Now to two to zero lead over the Atlanta Braves 47 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:06,880 Speaker 1: on the year. The narrative in the National League is 48 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:11,840 Speaker 1: starting to shift as Max Freed has become less of 49 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:18,320 Speaker 1: a threat. Obviously, he's like an established pitcher that will 50 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:24,200 Speaker 1: make adjustments and probably will make successful adjustments. And there's 51 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:29,080 Speaker 1: no reason to like panic, panic, panic. He's probably not 52 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:31,480 Speaker 1: a pitcher that there is an eleven, four or five. 53 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 1: But he's already been that pitcher through three starts, and 54 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 1: it's costing the Braves wins and it's giving the Marlins wins. 55 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 1: Cooper's into scoreing right behind him is Duval two more 56 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:48,200 Speaker 1: score on a hot shot right back up the middle. 57 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:50,960 Speaker 2: Brian Anderson makes it eight to four. 58 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:55,280 Speaker 1: The Atlanta Braves have a great player in Ronald Couny 59 00:03:55,360 --> 00:04:01,080 Speaker 1: Junior to kind of pair against, to see success against whenever, 60 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:03,600 Speaker 1: like Ronald mccunya comes to the play, we've seen it 61 00:04:03,640 --> 00:04:07,200 Speaker 1: so far in this series. You don't know fully what 62 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:11,160 Speaker 1: to expect besides a dominant at bat. Looking quickly at 63 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:14,760 Speaker 1: his Baseball Savant page, his chase rate is in the 64 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:18,520 Speaker 1: ninety ninth percentile and is expected batting average is in 65 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:23,800 Speaker 1: the one hundredth percentile In Major League Baseball Roughly, that 66 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:28,480 Speaker 1: translates to Ronald Cunyu will not chase a pitch you 67 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:32,440 Speaker 1: throw him, and if he makes contact, he has as 68 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:35,960 Speaker 1: good a chance, a better chance as any other player 69 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:39,400 Speaker 1: in the major leagues to have a hit with that. 70 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:42,919 Speaker 1: It's because of his talent, it's because of his great approach. 71 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:46,040 Speaker 1: What you get in Ronal Cunya Junior as a leadoff 72 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:50,960 Speaker 1: hitter for these Atlanta Braves is something like an impossible 73 00:04:51,080 --> 00:04:56,719 Speaker 1: at bat to face, and his production in this series 74 00:04:57,320 --> 00:05:00,520 Speaker 1: is a testament to that, and the Braves the offense 75 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:04,960 Speaker 1: can truly back him up. In twenty twenty, the Marlins 76 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:10,960 Speaker 1: actually lost to the Braves twenty nine to nine in a. 77 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:11,320 Speaker 2: Typical nine inning game. 78 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:14,120 Speaker 1: To give you an idea of the sort of like 79 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 1: sug lugging that these teams are both capable of and 80 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:20,800 Speaker 1: that we both saw last night, that is your expectation, 81 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:24,839 Speaker 1: that is what these teams can be. Obviously, the Marlins 82 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:29,080 Speaker 1: nine runs is absolutely dwarfed by that twenty nine by 83 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:32,400 Speaker 1: the Braves, but last night had a bit of a 84 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:36,240 Speaker 1: different spin to it, as Adam Daval, who had three 85 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:40,479 Speaker 1: home runs in that Braves game, is now a Marlin 86 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:44,560 Speaker 1: after a first inning strikeout by Adam de Vaal, the 87 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:48,359 Speaker 1: Marlins came roaring back in the second after the Braves 88 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:51,640 Speaker 1: score three runs. Brian Anderson hit his first home run 89 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:55,159 Speaker 1: of the year, followed by a Pablo Lopez, Miguel Rojas 90 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:59,800 Speaker 1: doubles and a Sterling Martes single all helped get the 91 00:05:59,839 --> 00:06:03,400 Speaker 1: Mo Marlins on the board for three runs overall on 92 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:06,799 Speaker 1: the night, the Braves top of the lineup their first 93 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:10,080 Speaker 1: five hitters had nine hits, and the bottom half of 94 00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:14,640 Speaker 1: their lineup six through nine hitters only had two. After 95 00:06:14,720 --> 00:06:18,239 Speaker 1: taking the two to zero series lead against the Braves 96 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:20,480 Speaker 1: and facing. 97 00:06:20,160 --> 00:06:22,120 Speaker 2: The Mets going one for one. 98 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:28,200 Speaker 1: In that weird Shenanigan E series that felt like the 99 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:33,520 Speaker 1: Marlins were the favorites and the Mets were pulling every 100 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:38,320 Speaker 1: trick out of their hat to try to make pace. Obviously, 101 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:41,760 Speaker 1: it's early in the season, too early to declare favorites, 102 00:06:41,839 --> 00:06:45,760 Speaker 1: too early to look at the standings, but the Marlins 103 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:52,120 Speaker 1: have not really truly been beat in divisional play, holding 104 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:55,920 Speaker 1: out hopes that they might. Speaking more to the narrative 105 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:58,640 Speaker 1: that this Miami Marlins team is the same one that 106 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:03,880 Speaker 1: finished twenty twenty demanding respect. That's who's on the field. 107 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:08,400 Speaker 1: This year in twenty twenty one, with additions like Adam Devall, 108 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:11,960 Speaker 1: Jazz Chism Junior who even got the night off, and 109 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:16,400 Speaker 1: a bullpen that did not allow an earned run to 110 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:20,480 Speaker 1: this Atlanta Braves team. Also yesterday, the Marlins brought back 111 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:24,480 Speaker 1: Brandon Lebrandt on a minor league contract, who could be 112 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:30,640 Speaker 1: a beneficial supplement to this Marlins pen. Tonight, another late 113 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:35,000 Speaker 1: seven twenty start against the Atlanta Braves, as the Miami 114 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:40,560 Speaker 1: Marlins will put rookie make Knightert to the hill against 115 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:47,400 Speaker 1: new Brave old Ray veteran pitcher Charlie Morton, and we'll 116 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:51,800 Speaker 1: see if the Marlins can get the early series win 117 00:07:52,640 --> 00:07:59,120 Speaker 1: before another shot on Thursday with a noon ten start. 118 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:03,200 Speaker 1: Until then, we've got continued coverage on Fishstripes dot com 119 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:09,160 Speaker 1: and Daniel Rodriguez will be with you to your ears tomorrow. Again, 120 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:13,520 Speaker 1: sorry for the late publication of this podcast, but we'll 121 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:17,000 Speaker 1: fall back in stride later this week and get that 122 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:18,559 Speaker 1: to you first thing in the morning. 123 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:21,920 Speaker 2: Let's go win this series.