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Speaker 1: Hello Marlins fans, thank you for tuning into episode thirty

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Speaker 1: seven of Fish Bites here on the Fish Stripes podcast

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Speaker 1: and Slam Radio. SiriusXM I am Eli Sussman, Managing editor

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Speaker 1: here at Fish Stripes, filling in this week for Danny Martinez.

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Speaker 1: He should be back next episode and moving forward, but

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Speaker 1: for now it's a rare opportunity for me to add

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Speaker 1: my own perspective to the audio side of things here

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Speaker 1: at Fish Stripes. We're coming up on this big intersection

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Speaker 1: of all the major pro sports in the US, with

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Speaker 1: the summer dying down in baseball coming to an end,

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Speaker 1: football just starting up over these past couple weekends, and

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Speaker 1: naturally those things will draw a lot of attention for

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Speaker 1: you guys down in South Florida. One could say that

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Speaker 1: the Marlins are battling for but probably losing that battle

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Speaker 1: just with the size and reputation of the other franchises

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Speaker 1: down here between the Dolphins and the Heat and the Panthers,

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Speaker 1: those guys coming up pretty shortly. But at least this

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Speaker 1: past Sunday, the Marlins put together the best entertainment product

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Speaker 1: by far, and the week overall was just a very

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Speaker 1: interesting one On the field, and off the field with

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Speaker 1: the team. So we're going to go through all that

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Speaker 1: as usual, reviewing what happened here over the last week

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Speaker 1: with the Miami Marlins. Another major topic we're going to

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Speaker 1: touch on on this episode is a deep dive on

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Speaker 1: Sandy al Contra, the Sandman, the recent birthday boy, who

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Speaker 1: had himself pretty much the best weekend imaginable and very

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Speaker 1: quietly he's putting together one of the better rookie campaigns

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Speaker 1: period by a Marlins pitcher ever on a number of

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Speaker 1: different levels. So we're going to look into, of course

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Speaker 1: what he did recently, but this season overall, what he

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Speaker 1: of twenty nineteen, and then where he fits in with

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Speaker 1: the situation of the franchise because just a very unique profile,

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Speaker 1: unique skill set that he has and one that I'm

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Speaker 1: increasingly optimistic is going to keep him in the rotation

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Speaker 1: long term. But we're gonna go deep on that, and

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Speaker 1: really the bulk of this episode is going to be

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Speaker 1: somewhat of a twist from the usual Fishbites format. This

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Speaker 1: is the first podcast episode, period that we've done on

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Speaker 1: Fish Stripes since the end of the twenty nineteen minor

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Speaker 1: league baseball regular season, and that's a very critical aspect

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Speaker 1: of the Marlins organization right now. With an elite farm system,

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Speaker 1: so many of what we believe are going to be

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Speaker 1: the long term building box are still in the minor leagues.

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Speaker 1: And we're gonna look at some different names that you

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Speaker 1: may not be used to hearing, names that you certainly

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Speaker 1: haven't heard here on fish bites, ones that maybe even

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Speaker 1: on earning their stripes we've glossed over a little bit

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Speaker 1: during the season. We naturally, as analysts and fans, we

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Speaker 1: fixate on ranked prospects, guys that have a certain pedigree,

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Speaker 1: certain tools that are evaluated by the experts. Beyond that, though,

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Speaker 1: there were so many impressive performances in the Marlins farm system.

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Speaker 1: I put together an article recently naming an all Minor

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Speaker 1: league team, which was highlighting players at every single position

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Speaker 1: pitching wise, position player wise in the Marlins organization, Guys

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Speaker 1: who had success this season compared against their peers at

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Speaker 1: other levels of the organization. Looking back at the past

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Speaker 1: week of performance for the Marlins at the major league level,

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Speaker 1: they played a pair of series, the first at the

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Speaker 1: Pittsburgh Pirates, a three game set winning two out of

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Speaker 1: those where you could really see, frankly that both of

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Speaker 1: those teams had a lot of flaws and some of

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Speaker 1: the routine mistakes they made, but it made for very

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Speaker 1: compelling baseball, the Marlins winning a series, which was a

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Speaker 1: very rare sight at coming off an ugly month of

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Speaker 1: it comes to twenty twenty MLB draft position, or if

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Speaker 1: you prefer the current twenty nineteen tank race, as the

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Speaker 1: team's entered in very similar position, the Royals winning two

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Speaker 1: out of those three games, the Marlins actually outscoring them

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Speaker 1: positive impact on the Marlins had to be Garrett Cooper.

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Speaker 1: Played some of both first base and right field this

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Speaker 1: Game one of the Pirates Series extra innings tie game.

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Speaker 1: He hits that game winning home run to put it away.

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Speaker 1: The very next night, he almost does the same thing again.

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Speaker 1: There was no cheapies in there. As I mentioned, playing

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Speaker 1: all of Major League Baseball, and Cooper is one of

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Speaker 1: the most valuable players in the league. So far. It's

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Speaker 1: three was Garrett Cooper. Nearly one full when probability added

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Speaker 1: That's more than he had done for this entire season

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Speaker 1: significant slump. If you remember, through the end of July

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Speaker 1: but likely for another team, as it's still unlikely that

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Speaker 1: who does he face on the Pirates a former Marlins

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Speaker 2: Moran mentioned the numbers for Colin two eighty eight against

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Speaker 1: An unprecedented situation in the modern history of Major League Baseball.

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Speaker 1: I mean two starts going sixteen innings combined, and the

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Speaker 1: An efficient game, pounding the strikes on throughout, piling up

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Speaker 1: only rookies in Marlins franchise history with multiple complete game shoutouts.

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Speaker 1: In the process, he piles up more strikeouts one hundred

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Speaker 1: We'll be circling back to Sandy later in this episode

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Speaker 1: home run derby champion when he was with the Air Force.

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00:23:05,960 --> 00:23:08,520
Speaker 1: Strikeouts are a little bit high, the defense is a

434
00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:12,760
Speaker 1: little bit iffy moving forward. Even so, it's a really

435
00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:15,760
Speaker 1: obvious call at third base considering the competition he was

436
00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:19,439
Speaker 1: going up against. And he is very interesting storyline because

437
00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:23,360
Speaker 1: as a Service Academy graduate, he's expected to serve sometime

438
00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:26,480
Speaker 1: in the military in the future. And the way to

439
00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:29,439
Speaker 1: kind of continue being a professional baseball player around that

440
00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:33,159
Speaker 1: is if he qualifies for the twenty twenty team USA

441
00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:36,159
Speaker 1: Olympic roster. That's going to be a fascinating story to

442
00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:39,040
Speaker 1: follow heading into next year. He certainly helped his cause

443
00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:42,840
Speaker 1: with his production in Batavia this summer. Also taken by

444
00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:46,000
Speaker 1: the Marlins in the twenty nineteen draft. Leftfielder Peyton Burdick

445
00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:49,800
Speaker 1: spent this year between Batavia and Low A. Clinton, twenty

446
00:23:49,800 --> 00:23:52,639
Speaker 1: two years old, a senior sign by the Marlins in

447
00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:56,720
Speaker 1: the third round of the draft who absolutely exploded onto

448
00:23:56,760 --> 00:23:59,800
Speaker 1: the scene once he got into pro ball, A multi

449
00:23:59,800 --> 00:24:02,239
Speaker 1: sp athlete growing up in Ohio. He discussed that on

450
00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:04,440
Speaker 1: our podcast feed a few months ago. He could find

451
00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:07,240
Speaker 1: the interview with eric Os on a Ball with eric

452
00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:10,320
Speaker 1: Os where he discusses upbringing and start to his pro career.

453
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Speaker 1: And he's been hitting since day one, man. I mean

454
00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:15,600
Speaker 1: he put up an ops in the mid nine hundreds

455
00:24:15,880 --> 00:24:19,399
Speaker 1: this year. Played playing every single day, and the effort

456
00:24:19,440 --> 00:24:21,840
Speaker 1: with which he plays really sticks out. You could see

457
00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:23,840
Speaker 1: it in the way that he runs and plays defense.

458
00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:27,520
Speaker 1: Eleven home runs during the regular season, ten outfield assists

459
00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:29,800
Speaker 1: in a partial season because he was coming out of

460
00:24:29,840 --> 00:24:33,760
Speaker 1: the draft out of Wright State University. Really impressive athlete,

461
00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:36,359
Speaker 1: someone that will be tested a lot as we go

462
00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:38,960
Speaker 1: to higher levels. The question was about what his hit

463
00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:41,679
Speaker 1: tool would be and whether he'd be able to consistently

464
00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:45,080
Speaker 1: make contact in professional baseball. The strikeout rate a little

465
00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:48,560
Speaker 1: bit worse than average this year, but he made such

466
00:24:48,640 --> 00:24:51,399
Speaker 1: great quality contact and used all fields this year that

467
00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:55,439
Speaker 1: didn't matter. He was extremely successful for Clinton. He's probably

468
00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:58,120
Speaker 1: the big driver in their playoff run to this point,

469
00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:01,800
Speaker 1: their MVP, if you will. As the sample size grew,

470
00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:05,160
Speaker 1: he got more recognition from the scouting community. Currently regarded

471
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Speaker 1: as a Marlins top thirty prospect by MLB Pipeline, almost

472
00:25:09,040 --> 00:25:11,600
Speaker 1: assured to move up to High A Jupiter in twenty twenty.

473
00:25:12,080 --> 00:25:14,760
Speaker 1: A really dynamic athlete, guy you want on your roster

474
00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:17,560
Speaker 1: and in your clubhouse. Looking like a draft steal for

475
00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:20,840
Speaker 1: the Marlins at below slot value in center field. At

476
00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:23,640
Speaker 1: the total opposite end of the spectrum, it's Lewis Brinson,

477
00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:26,480
Speaker 1: aged twenty five. This year spent a chunk of the

478
00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:29,560
Speaker 1: summer with Triple A New Orleans, trading to the Marlins, originally,

479
00:25:29,640 --> 00:25:32,480
Speaker 1: of course, in twenty eighteen in the Christian Yelich steal.

480
00:25:32,840 --> 00:25:35,040
Speaker 1: The stints at the major league level have been very

481
00:25:35,040 --> 00:25:37,600
Speaker 1: frustrating this year, but he did stuff the statu sheet

482
00:25:37,640 --> 00:25:40,880
Speaker 1: with New Orleans slashing with a two seventy batting average,

483
00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:44,520
Speaker 1: three to sixty one on base five ten slugging, sixteen

484
00:25:44,520 --> 00:25:47,679
Speaker 1: home runs and sixteen stolen bases in eighty one games.

485
00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:50,879
Speaker 1: Maybe that performance helped his confidence, but is not to

486
00:25:50,920 --> 00:25:53,680
Speaker 1: this point translated to the major league level, and there's

487
00:25:53,680 --> 00:25:55,680
Speaker 1: no guarantee that he's going to be at the major

488
00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:57,640
Speaker 1: league level in twenty twenty for the Marlins. He could

489
00:25:57,680 --> 00:26:01,120
Speaker 1: be on the twenty twenty Marlin All Minor League team

490
00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:04,159
Speaker 1: as a depth piece in the outfield because there's just

491
00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:07,919
Speaker 1: so much competition at that position moving forward. In twenty nineteen,

492
00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:10,480
Speaker 1: at least he had this success. He was still a

493
00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:14,719
Speaker 1: priority to develop within the Marlins organization, and you hope,

494
00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:17,800
Speaker 1: against all evidence, you hope that he has some success

495
00:26:17,840 --> 00:26:20,440
Speaker 1: his final few weeks and build some momentum heading into

496
00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:25,159
Speaker 1: the offseason in right field, perhaps the biggest breakout of

497
00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:29,440
Speaker 1: all position players in the organization Gerar and Carnacion age

498
00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:32,679
Speaker 1: twenty one. This season spent it with Loway Clinton Hia Jupiter,

499
00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:35,919
Speaker 1: signed by the Marlins originally at twenty fifteen, this was

500
00:26:35,960 --> 00:26:38,879
Speaker 1: his first crack at playing on a regular basis for

501
00:26:38,920 --> 00:26:42,640
Speaker 1: a full season. He absolutely delivered, played pretty much every

502
00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:45,200
Speaker 1: single day led the farm system. With those five hundred

503
00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:47,920
Speaker 1: and fifty three played appearances, he put up a one

504
00:26:47,960 --> 00:26:50,680
Speaker 1: to twenty weighted runs crated plus. That's compared to the

505
00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:53,280
Speaker 1: league average, which is one hundred at any level, and

506
00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:57,400
Speaker 1: he significantly improved a despense That was a big red

507
00:26:57,400 --> 00:26:59,760
Speaker 1: flag heading into the year, So whether he could stick

508
00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:03,040
Speaker 1: at all as a corner outfielder, but his arm is

509
00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:06,679
Speaker 1: a Bazuka and he had better range and instincts this

510
00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:09,960
Speaker 1: year still a question moving forward a little bit where

511
00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:12,359
Speaker 1: exactly he fits in with all the outfielders coming up

512
00:27:12,359 --> 00:27:14,440
Speaker 1: through the system. The fact that he was able to

513
00:27:14,520 --> 00:27:17,879
Speaker 1: hit at this level against significantly older competition is very encouraging.

514
00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:20,280
Speaker 1: It'll be interesting to see what that assignment is for

515
00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:23,680
Speaker 1: twenty twenty, whether he starts at Jupiter or already moves

516
00:27:23,760 --> 00:27:27,600
Speaker 1: up to Double A Jacksonville. He's being somewhat rewarded for

517
00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:31,160
Speaker 1: this breakout year by being selected to the Arizona Fall League,

518
00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:33,640
Speaker 1: where I'll be playing on the Salt River Rafters, one

519
00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:36,879
Speaker 1: of seven Marlins players who are participating in the AFL.

520
00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:39,240
Speaker 1: I'll be k being a very close eye on how

521
00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:42,560
Speaker 1: he does down there. Going up against even better competition

522
00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:45,600
Speaker 1: than he faced during the regular season. No matter what

523
00:27:45,720 --> 00:27:48,960
Speaker 1: happens from this point on a successful twenty nineteen for

524
00:27:49,080 --> 00:27:52,119
Speaker 1: Girrar and Carnacion. Then we move on to the flex

525
00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:54,880
Speaker 1: players that I teased earlier, ones that split time between

526
00:27:54,960 --> 00:28:00,000
Speaker 1: multiple positions, weren't necessarily starting every single day, but impressed

527
00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:01,960
Speaker 1: so much that they force their way onto the roster.

528
00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:04,720
Speaker 1: The first of those is Austin Dean, aged twenty five

529
00:28:04,760 --> 00:28:07,480
Speaker 1: this season Triple A, New Orleans, drafted by the Marlins

530
00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:10,160
Speaker 1: way back in twenty twelve. Even with the juice ball

531
00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:12,960
Speaker 1: at Triple A, his three point thirty seven four hundred

532
00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:14,840
Speaker 1: and six to thirty five slash line jumps off the

533
00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:18,399
Speaker 1: page in ops over one thousand, and even adjusted for

534
00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:21,280
Speaker 1: league average, it's forty five percent better than the Pacific

535
00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:24,600
Speaker 1: Coast League average. He was very consistent. He's very clutch.

536
00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:27,919
Speaker 1: He is a lifetime outfielder, but learned to play some

537
00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:30,760
Speaker 1: first base when they had somewhat of a logjam at

538
00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:33,200
Speaker 1: that position during the middle of the year. He learned

539
00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:35,840
Speaker 1: to play first base, so that adversatility should help him

540
00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:38,080
Speaker 1: in the show. Now he's back up with the Marlins

541
00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:41,560
Speaker 1: and getting yet another opportunity to prove that this kind

542
00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:44,640
Speaker 1: of bat can translate. Because the contact issues aren't there,

543
00:28:45,040 --> 00:28:48,640
Speaker 1: and really the power is somewhat substantial as well. There's

544
00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:52,360
Speaker 1: some good reason to have hope that he can survive

545
00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:54,400
Speaker 1: in the major leagues, at least in a limited role.

546
00:28:54,640 --> 00:28:56,360
Speaker 1: He's going to try to prove that down the stretch.

547
00:28:56,600 --> 00:28:59,400
Speaker 1: The other flex player on our roster is left fielder

548
00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:02,080
Speaker 1: right fielder Stone Garrett, who was with the Double A

549
00:29:02,160 --> 00:29:05,280
Speaker 1: Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp. He is, anyway, who sliced the MVP

550
00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:09,480
Speaker 1: of at least the position players in Jacksonville this year.

551
00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:12,880
Speaker 1: Twenty three years old, drafted by the Marlins in twenty fourteen,

552
00:29:13,440 --> 00:29:17,120
Speaker 1: and he's on here primarily for his defense and at

553
00:29:17,120 --> 00:29:19,640
Speaker 1: both corner positions. He had some of the best highlights

554
00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:23,040
Speaker 1: you'll see from any pro baseball player this entire season.

555
00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:26,280
Speaker 1: You probably have seen them already because they're featured on

556
00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:30,720
Speaker 1: Sports Center and other places that went semi viral for

557
00:29:30,800 --> 00:29:33,040
Speaker 1: the fact that he was leaping at walls, going over

558
00:29:33,080 --> 00:29:35,800
Speaker 1: the walls, laying out in the gaps. Just a great

559
00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:40,400
Speaker 1: athlete and great instincts. Offensively, he led the Jacksonville Jumbo

560
00:29:40,440 --> 00:29:42,920
Speaker 1: Shrimp with fourteen home runs nearly twice as many as

561
00:29:42,960 --> 00:29:46,000
Speaker 1: anybody else. He will be eligible for the Rule five

562
00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:49,560
Speaker 1: draft is offseason, and we've touched on already here and

563
00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:52,640
Speaker 1: in previous episodes all the outfielders the Marlins have. What

564
00:29:52,800 --> 00:29:55,480
Speaker 1: is his role exactly moving forward in the organization. That's

565
00:29:55,480 --> 00:29:58,440
Speaker 1: a big question mark, and I would be surprised if

566
00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:00,560
Speaker 1: he's protected on the forty men roster. The Marlins are

567
00:30:00,560 --> 00:30:03,200
Speaker 1: probably just gonna take their chances that he's not taken

568
00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:06,160
Speaker 1: by another team this winner at the Rule five draft,

569
00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:08,800
Speaker 1: because other teams might have a lot of intrigue in

570
00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:12,440
Speaker 1: someone enjoying this kind of breakout year. Just really good

571
00:30:12,480 --> 00:30:15,560
Speaker 1: persistence by him now over five years since the draft

572
00:30:15,800 --> 00:30:18,600
Speaker 1: to put it all together somewhat this year. Even with

573
00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:22,959
Speaker 1: some questions about his on base ability and all around value,

574
00:30:23,080 --> 00:30:26,960
Speaker 1: he certainly has a nice niche as a defensive replacement

575
00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:31,320
Speaker 1: and as a great clubhouse presence. Ten players down tend

576
00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:34,040
Speaker 1: to go with this Marlins All minor league team reveal

577
00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:37,280
Speaker 1: the ace of the organization this year. Right hander six

578
00:30:37,360 --> 00:30:40,800
Speaker 1: of Sanchez, his age twenty season spent mostly with a

579
00:30:40,920 --> 00:30:43,600
Speaker 1: Jacksonville with a few starts in Jupiter. He was traded

580
00:30:43,640 --> 00:30:46,960
Speaker 1: to the Marlins entering twenty nineteen in the JT Real

581
00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:51,800
Speaker 1: Muto Blockbuster. It's Josh Beckett, Jose Fernandez, and Sanchez and

582
00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:54,120
Speaker 1: a class of their own. Those are the three most

583
00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:58,000
Speaker 1: talented and universally hyped pitching prospects in Marlins franchise history.

584
00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:00,280
Speaker 1: That's the company that this guy is keeping.

585
00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:02,440
Speaker 3: Swaying in a hard ground er up the middle, twine,

586
00:31:02,520 --> 00:31:05,840
Speaker 3: backhanded stabs behind the back. Second baseman's got it, throws

587
00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:08,360
Speaker 3: to first for the out, and this inning is over six.

588
00:31:08,480 --> 00:31:12,000
Speaker 3: So Sanchez now through twenty four innings in a row

589
00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:13,440
Speaker 3: without allowing a run.

590
00:31:14,080 --> 00:31:16,400
Speaker 1: The one long term concern about his physique is that

591
00:31:16,400 --> 00:31:19,120
Speaker 1: he's a little undersized at six foot even a little

592
00:31:19,120 --> 00:31:21,000
Speaker 1: bit flabby. Will that allow him to be durable in

593
00:31:21,040 --> 00:31:23,479
Speaker 1: the major leagues? We're not gonna find out yet, but

594
00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:25,640
Speaker 1: we can find out soon. This was a huge step

595
00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:28,760
Speaker 1: forward for him in twenty nineteen, with an era in

596
00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:31,640
Speaker 1: the mid twos. If you take out one terrible outing

597
00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:35,040
Speaker 1: he had in July against Chattanooga, his ERA drops to

598
00:31:35,120 --> 00:31:38,680
Speaker 1: two twenty. For the entire summer against composition that was

599
00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:41,000
Speaker 1: mostly older than him, he led three home runs and

600
00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:43,240
Speaker 1: that one start and only three home runs the rest

601
00:31:43,280 --> 00:31:47,720
Speaker 1: of us starts combined just extraordinary. A really dynamic player

602
00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:51,040
Speaker 1: with three great pitches. His fastball, his slider, his changeup.

603
00:31:51,080 --> 00:31:53,480
Speaker 1: His changeup might be the best one of those three.

604
00:31:54,120 --> 00:31:57,120
Speaker 1: Someone that was very consistent outside of that one blow up,

605
00:31:57,680 --> 00:32:01,520
Speaker 1: and simply the most gifted player in the organization. He

606
00:32:01,560 --> 00:32:03,960
Speaker 1: came in with huge expectations. So far he has lived

607
00:32:04,040 --> 00:32:07,200
Speaker 1: up to those expectations. He is the consensus top pitching

608
00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:09,960
Speaker 1: project in the organization. Most see him as the best

609
00:32:09,960 --> 00:32:12,760
Speaker 1: overall prospect in the organization. You're gonna see him in

610
00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:15,960
Speaker 1: Miami next year, hopefully early in the season, and the

611
00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:19,560
Speaker 1: expectations are deservedly high for him. A job well done

612
00:32:19,840 --> 00:32:23,840
Speaker 1: in his introduction to new surroundings. The next starting pitcher

613
00:32:23,920 --> 00:32:27,400
Speaker 1: being recognized here is left hander Trevor Rodgers. A twenty

614
00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:30,240
Speaker 1: one season spent mostly with High A Jupiter, finished up

615
00:32:30,280 --> 00:32:33,479
Speaker 1: with a promotion to Double Jacksonville. Drafted by the Marlins

616
00:32:33,480 --> 00:32:36,120
Speaker 1: in the first rounds in twenty seventeen, he caused some

617
00:32:36,160 --> 00:32:38,680
Speaker 1: concern last summer not gonna lie where he put up

618
00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:41,840
Speaker 1: his ERA five eight to two with Low Way Greensboro

619
00:32:42,400 --> 00:32:44,760
Speaker 1: and was hit around pretty hard. But this year he

620
00:32:44,880 --> 00:32:48,880
Speaker 1: cut that ERA in half while remaining in a starting role.

621
00:32:49,080 --> 00:32:51,160
Speaker 1: He led the entire farm system with one hundred and

622
00:32:51,160 --> 00:32:54,160
Speaker 1: fifty strikeouts. This is exactly what you hope for this year.

623
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Speaker 1: He has a very our next featured starter, left handed

624
00:33:02,120 --> 00:33:05,680
Speaker 1: Trevor Rodgers, age twenty one. Season spent mostly with High

625
00:33:05,720 --> 00:33:08,000
Speaker 1: A Jupiter, with a late season promotion to Double A.

626
00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:10,960
Speaker 1: Drafted by the Marlins in the first round in twenty seventeen,

627
00:33:11,560 --> 00:33:14,400
Speaker 1: I mean not gonna lie. He raised some concern last

628
00:33:14,440 --> 00:33:16,840
Speaker 1: summer when he put up a five to two ERA

629
00:33:17,040 --> 00:33:19,400
Speaker 1: at Low A, but here in twenty nineteen he cut

630
00:33:19,400 --> 00:33:23,840
Speaker 1: that completely in half while going up against much superior competition.

631
00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:26,680
Speaker 1: He was the leading strikeout artist in the Marlins farm

632
00:33:26,680 --> 00:33:29,400
Speaker 1: system one hundred and fifty k's. This is exactly what

633
00:33:29,440 --> 00:33:32,520
Speaker 1: she wanted to see from him. He showed really consistent

634
00:33:32,600 --> 00:33:36,760
Speaker 1: fastball commands. His breaking ball was difficult for lefties and

635
00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:39,480
Speaker 1: righties to get a good read on. He has a

636
00:33:39,520 --> 00:33:42,480
Speaker 1: lot of deception in his delivery. A much different build

637
00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:45,720
Speaker 1: than six zero in that he's six foot six, he's skinny,

638
00:33:45,840 --> 00:33:47,760
Speaker 1: he comes from the left side. It's a great different

639
00:33:47,800 --> 00:33:49,840
Speaker 1: look and you can envision those guys being in the

640
00:33:49,920 --> 00:33:53,720
Speaker 1: rotation together someday and forming a really nice duo where

641
00:33:53,720 --> 00:33:56,360
Speaker 1: they have those contrasting styles that are difficult for any

642
00:33:56,600 --> 00:34:00,520
Speaker 1: one hitter to feel totally comfortable with. Was one of

643
00:34:00,560 --> 00:34:03,720
Speaker 1: the last big time acquisitions under the old ownership group,

644
00:34:03,720 --> 00:34:06,560
Speaker 1: coming on top of that twenty seventeen draft class, and

645
00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:08,440
Speaker 1: so we should be pretty grateful for that one decision.

646
00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:10,600
Speaker 1: It seemed to be working out pretty well. This guy

647
00:34:10,719 --> 00:34:13,080
Speaker 1: has a lot of traits that you could see translating

648
00:34:13,080 --> 00:34:15,160
Speaker 1: the higher levels of the competition, and we spoke to

649
00:34:15,239 --> 00:34:17,880
Speaker 1: him earlier this season on a podcast. He seemed to

650
00:34:17,880 --> 00:34:20,560
Speaker 1: be a very genuine dude who's easy to root for.

651
00:34:21,719 --> 00:34:24,520
Speaker 1: Next starter up on our list is right hander Edward Cabrera,

652
00:34:24,840 --> 00:34:27,400
Speaker 1: aged twenty one season spent mostly with High A Jupiter,

653
00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:30,200
Speaker 1: with a late summer promotion to Jacksonville. Just like Trevor

654
00:34:30,239 --> 00:34:32,799
Speaker 1: Rodgers did. He was signed originally by the Marlins in

655
00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:36,600
Speaker 1: twenty fifteen for a low six figure signing bonus, and

656
00:34:36,760 --> 00:34:39,479
Speaker 1: he has delivered on the potential they thought he had

657
00:34:39,920 --> 00:34:42,640
Speaker 1: a big breakout for him. Just recently added to the

658
00:34:42,760 --> 00:34:45,880
Speaker 1: MLB Top one hundred prospect list on MLB Pipeline, he

659
00:34:45,920 --> 00:34:48,160
Speaker 1: was already there on Baseball America. He took a huge

660
00:34:48,200 --> 00:34:52,200
Speaker 1: step forward in twenty nineteen, the results showing what we

661
00:34:52,239 --> 00:34:55,160
Speaker 1: already knew he had the potential to do, allowing one

662
00:34:55,160 --> 00:34:57,640
Speaker 1: base runner per Enning for this entire season a whip

663
00:34:57,680 --> 00:35:00,840
Speaker 1: around one the fielder. Independent pitching was one of the

664
00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:03,720
Speaker 1: best in all of minor league baseball prior to his promotion.

665
00:35:04,560 --> 00:35:07,399
Speaker 1: The high nineties fastball that we always knew was there

666
00:35:07,680 --> 00:35:11,400
Speaker 1: is now being commanded more consistently. The slider is a

667
00:35:11,440 --> 00:35:14,400
Speaker 1: more practical pitch than it used to be. He's really

668
00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:16,840
Speaker 1: putting into play and understanding what counts. He used it

669
00:35:16,880 --> 00:35:20,319
Speaker 1: in the success he's had against both right handers and

670
00:35:20,440 --> 00:35:24,439
Speaker 1: left handers. He was just brilliant. There's really no other

671
00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:26,279
Speaker 1: way to describe it. He was one of the top

672
00:35:26,280 --> 00:35:30,359
Speaker 1: performers in minor league baseball this year and someone that

673
00:35:30,480 --> 00:35:32,680
Speaker 1: has renewed everybody's faith that he could be a starter

674
00:35:32,800 --> 00:35:35,160
Speaker 1: at the highest level with the stuff he has and

675
00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:38,560
Speaker 1: with the polish he's shown. Really exciting year for him

676
00:35:38,640 --> 00:35:40,719
Speaker 1: and someone that might make a run at the major

677
00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:45,320
Speaker 1: league roster as soon as twenty twenty. Speaking of plus velocity,

678
00:35:45,360 --> 00:35:49,000
Speaker 1: the number four starter on this roster, right hander George Guzman,

679
00:35:49,320 --> 00:35:51,359
Speaker 1: spent this year with Double A Jacksonville in his age

680
00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:54,120
Speaker 1: twenty three season, originally traded to the Marlins, and the

681
00:35:54,120 --> 00:35:57,320
Speaker 1: Stanton deal in twenty seventeen opened a lot of eyes.

682
00:35:57,360 --> 00:36:01,080
Speaker 1: This year, he led all Marlin's prospects endings, pitched all

683
00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:03,440
Speaker 1: of them with one hundred and thirty eight and two

684
00:36:03,520 --> 00:36:06,080
Speaker 1: thirds innings For a guy that even more so than

685
00:36:06,080 --> 00:36:09,880
Speaker 1: Cabrera or anybody else, there was this assumption, like a

686
00:36:09,960 --> 00:36:13,440
Speaker 1: foregone conclusion, that he was gonna have to eventually be

687
00:36:14,560 --> 00:36:17,839
Speaker 1: translated to a reliever going up because he didn't have

688
00:36:17,880 --> 00:36:20,760
Speaker 1: control of his pitches. He didn't have a reliable secondary

689
00:36:20,760 --> 00:36:24,239
Speaker 1: pitch coming off that high heater, he wasn't consistent all

690
00:36:24,239 --> 00:36:27,200
Speaker 1: a YadA, YadA, YadA, and he just shattered a lot

691
00:36:27,239 --> 00:36:29,520
Speaker 1: of the doubts that people had, especially late in the year.

692
00:36:29,520 --> 00:36:32,200
Speaker 1: He finished super strong. He had a run in August

693
00:36:32,200 --> 00:36:35,000
Speaker 1: where he was virtually unhittable at the Double A level.

694
00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:37,320
Speaker 1: He set a career high at one point with thirteen

695
00:36:37,360 --> 00:36:42,080
Speaker 1: strikeouts in a single game. Just so impressed by him

696
00:36:42,440 --> 00:36:44,719
Speaker 1: generating a lot of soft contact, and there's no doubt

697
00:36:44,760 --> 00:36:46,600
Speaker 1: that he was also helped by his defense. That was

698
00:36:46,640 --> 00:36:49,680
Speaker 1: a critical factor to consider. Here is that guys who

699
00:36:49,719 --> 00:36:52,319
Speaker 1: spent the whole year with Jacksonville got a lot of

700
00:36:52,320 --> 00:36:55,880
Speaker 1: help from a lot of standout defenders, including Stone Garrett

701
00:36:55,880 --> 00:36:58,359
Speaker 1: that we mentioned earlier in others that saved a lot

702
00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:00,520
Speaker 1: of runs for them that otherwise might not been saved

703
00:37:00,560 --> 00:37:03,959
Speaker 1: had they been in different organizations. Still some concerns moving

704
00:37:03,960 --> 00:37:06,960
Speaker 1: forward with Guzman, the walk rate being a little bit high,

705
00:37:07,040 --> 00:37:10,239
Speaker 1: the ground ball rate being very low at thirty two

706
00:37:10,239 --> 00:37:12,080
Speaker 1: point nine percent this season. If you do that at

707
00:37:12,080 --> 00:37:14,520
Speaker 1: the major league level, with the fact that run scoring

708
00:37:14,560 --> 00:37:18,359
Speaker 1: is so predicated on elevating the ball, you're flirting with

709
00:37:18,600 --> 00:37:22,480
Speaker 1: disaster even playing home games at Marlins Park. These are

710
00:37:22,560 --> 00:37:25,440
Speaker 1: questions for another day. At least for twenty nineteen with Jacksonville,

711
00:37:25,640 --> 00:37:28,560
Speaker 1: he was really steady for them down the stretch. They

712
00:37:28,719 --> 00:37:31,640
Speaker 1: almost made a late playoff run to sneak in into

713
00:37:31,719 --> 00:37:33,960
Speaker 1: the second half, and he was a huge part of that.

714
00:37:34,600 --> 00:37:36,640
Speaker 1: Rounding out the starting group is going to be a

715
00:37:36,719 --> 00:37:40,040
Speaker 1: right hander. Zach Galland no longer in the Marlins organization.

716
00:37:40,080 --> 00:37:42,560
Speaker 1: He was acquired in twenty seventeen in the Ozuna trade,

717
00:37:42,600 --> 00:37:44,520
Speaker 1: and then he was traded away by the Marlins in

718
00:37:44,640 --> 00:37:48,720
Speaker 1: July at the deadline for Jazz chisholm age twenty three season,

719
00:37:49,120 --> 00:37:52,400
Speaker 1: where he was dominating for TRIAA New Orleans for a

720
00:37:52,440 --> 00:37:54,640
Speaker 1: big chunk of the year before forcing his promotion to

721
00:37:54,640 --> 00:37:57,439
Speaker 1: the majors. You don't want to honor him on this team,

722
00:37:57,480 --> 00:37:59,799
Speaker 1: considering is no longer here and now that he's having

723
00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:03,520
Speaker 1: success with the Diamondbacks organization. It's only natural for fans

724
00:38:03,520 --> 00:38:05,960
Speaker 1: to feel bitter about it. But you simply cannot tell

725
00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:08,840
Speaker 1: the story of the twenty nineteen minor league season without

726
00:38:08,960 --> 00:38:11,320
Speaker 1: Zach Gallon. The numbers he put up in the Pacific

727
00:38:11,360 --> 00:38:14,480
Speaker 1: Coast League are absurd. Mentioned previously, it's one of the

728
00:38:14,480 --> 00:38:17,719
Speaker 1: most hit or friendly leagues that you can imagine, and

729
00:38:17,960 --> 00:38:20,919
Speaker 1: yet he put up video game like numbers a one

730
00:38:20,880 --> 00:38:23,760
Speaker 1: to seven to seven earned run average, a one fifty

731
00:38:23,880 --> 00:38:26,680
Speaker 1: two batting average against in ninety one and a third

732
00:38:26,719 --> 00:38:29,480
Speaker 1: endings prior to his call up. The disparity between his

733
00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:32,520
Speaker 1: strikeout raid and his walk rate was elite no matter

734
00:38:32,560 --> 00:38:34,840
Speaker 1: what lovely you were pitching at. He was repeating the

735
00:38:34,840 --> 00:38:38,360
Speaker 1: TRIPAA level from twenty eighteen, and he seems to be

736
00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:41,719
Speaker 1: taking full advantage of that of understanding how to maximize

737
00:38:41,760 --> 00:38:44,560
Speaker 1: his results at that level. To a large extent those

738
00:38:44,560 --> 00:38:47,480
Speaker 1: have translated to major league success as a rookie, So

739
00:38:47,640 --> 00:38:49,400
Speaker 1: congrats to him. Well, there's really no other way to

740
00:38:49,400 --> 00:38:52,799
Speaker 1: say it. He has certainly improved leaps and bounds as

741
00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:56,200
Speaker 1: an asset for the Marlins between that original trade acquisition

742
00:38:56,280 --> 00:38:59,000
Speaker 1: and then trading him away, so there's no reason for

743
00:38:59,040 --> 00:39:01,320
Speaker 1: the Marlins to feel bitter about it. You know, he's

744
00:39:01,360 --> 00:39:05,000
Speaker 1: a guy that even overachieved their expectations and now he's

745
00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:07,400
Speaker 1: suited to have a long career at the major league level.

746
00:39:08,600 --> 00:39:10,879
Speaker 1: Five more pitching honorees to get to on this all

747
00:39:10,880 --> 00:39:14,719
Speaker 1: Minor league team, including the starter reliever hybrids like left

748
00:39:14,719 --> 00:39:18,360
Speaker 1: handed Luis Pelacios. This was his age eighteen season in

749
00:39:18,400 --> 00:39:21,000
Speaker 1: the Gulf Coast League, signed originally by the Marlins in

750
00:39:21,080 --> 00:39:24,479
Speaker 1: twenty sixteen, and his numbers they don't even make sense.

751
00:39:24,520 --> 00:39:28,640
Speaker 1: Man a twenty seven point six strikeout rate minus walk

752
00:39:28,719 --> 00:39:31,759
Speaker 1: rate in the GCL. To put that in perspective of

753
00:39:31,800 --> 00:39:34,760
Speaker 1: all minor league pitchers with at least forty innings pitched,

754
00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:37,719
Speaker 1: he was the youngest to have that kind of strikeout

755
00:39:38,080 --> 00:39:42,120
Speaker 1: walk ratio. He just pounds his own again and again again,

756
00:39:42,160 --> 00:39:43,719
Speaker 1: and he doesn't really get burned for it. Only a

757
00:39:43,760 --> 00:39:46,080
Speaker 1: couple of home runs allowed this year. He was coming

758
00:39:46,080 --> 00:39:50,120
Speaker 1: off a crazy year in the Dominican Summer League, and

759
00:39:50,440 --> 00:39:52,279
Speaker 1: you just don't have a lot of information about those guys.

760
00:39:52,320 --> 00:39:53,880
Speaker 1: You don't really get a good look at them. It

761
00:39:53,960 --> 00:39:56,279
Speaker 1: was very exciting to see him come stateside and have

762
00:39:56,480 --> 00:39:59,920
Speaker 1: very similar results, so consistent with the way that he

763
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:04,680
Speaker 1: he attacks his own and generates we contact. Just couldn't

764
00:40:04,680 --> 00:40:07,560
Speaker 1: ask for anything more in terms of performance at this level,

765
00:40:07,800 --> 00:40:11,080
Speaker 1: the tools don't necessarily leap off the page, and so

766
00:40:11,120 --> 00:40:13,640
Speaker 1: he's gonna have to prove himself with just results moving

767
00:40:13,680 --> 00:40:16,279
Speaker 1: up to the food chain. Doesn't have that mid to

768
00:40:16,360 --> 00:40:19,240
Speaker 1: high nineties fastball, He works in the much lower nineties

769
00:40:19,520 --> 00:40:22,520
Speaker 1: and relying pretty heavily on his curveball instead of a

770
00:40:22,560 --> 00:40:26,239
Speaker 1: more diverse repertoire. It'll lot to prove it at higher

771
00:40:26,360 --> 00:40:29,680
Speaker 1: levels of composition, but he couldn't have possibly done anything

772
00:40:29,719 --> 00:40:34,000
Speaker 1: more this year to really legitimize who he could be

773
00:40:34,080 --> 00:40:37,279
Speaker 1: moving forward for this Marlins organization. A low profile guy

774
00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:41,320
Speaker 1: who just keeps on performing. Next up is Daniel Costano,

775
00:40:41,560 --> 00:40:44,200
Speaker 1: the left hander who split this year between HIGHA Jupiter

776
00:40:44,239 --> 00:40:47,120
Speaker 1: and A Jacksonville, traded to the Marlins along with Gallen

777
00:40:47,440 --> 00:40:50,440
Speaker 1: in that Ozuna trade in twenty seventeen. He was by

778
00:40:50,480 --> 00:40:53,360
Speaker 1: far the quote smallest piece of that package. There was

779
00:40:53,400 --> 00:40:56,799
Speaker 1: no real expectations of him moving up the chain and

780
00:40:56,880 --> 00:41:00,360
Speaker 1: having success. This stuff is very underwhelming, and yet he

781
00:41:00,400 --> 00:41:02,480
Speaker 1: made a work for him this year. I kind of

782
00:41:02,520 --> 00:41:04,239
Speaker 1: out of nowhere in the middle of the year. He

783
00:41:04,360 --> 00:41:06,719
Speaker 1: was very off the radar until being put into the

784
00:41:06,800 --> 00:41:11,200
Speaker 1: Jacksonville rotation in what was late June early July, and

785
00:41:11,239 --> 00:41:14,040
Speaker 1: then he just had this run of complete dominance, even

786
00:41:14,080 --> 00:41:16,919
Speaker 1: more so than George Guzman. It was right up there

787
00:41:17,000 --> 00:41:21,880
Speaker 1: with six Dos Sanchez level quality, and it's stunning and

788
00:41:21,920 --> 00:41:25,200
Speaker 1: it's extremely encouraging if you're a Marlins fan. That included

789
00:41:25,239 --> 00:41:27,040
Speaker 1: a complete game that I watched that was one of

790
00:41:27,080 --> 00:41:29,520
Speaker 1: the best pitching performances I saw from anybody this year,

791
00:41:29,640 --> 00:41:32,279
Speaker 1: where he piled up thirteen strikeouts and no walks in

792
00:41:32,320 --> 00:41:36,560
Speaker 1: a complete game. He was great for that big chunk

793
00:41:36,600 --> 00:41:40,279
Speaker 1: of the summer era. Overall, in the low threes. His

794
00:41:40,320 --> 00:41:43,120
Speaker 1: fielder independent pitching was even better because he kept the

795
00:41:43,120 --> 00:41:45,400
Speaker 1: ball in the ballpark. Only four home runs allowed in

796
00:41:45,440 --> 00:41:48,040
Speaker 1: one hundred and nineteen innings. Yeah, I don't know exactly

797
00:41:48,080 --> 00:41:49,879
Speaker 1: what the Marlins are gonna do with him. He does

798
00:41:49,880 --> 00:41:52,840
Speaker 1: not have much velocity at all, and I don't know

799
00:41:52,840 --> 00:41:56,840
Speaker 1: how many bats he's gonna miss moving up. Then again,

800
00:41:56,920 --> 00:41:58,480
Speaker 1: he's just surprised a lot of people with what he's

801
00:41:58,480 --> 00:42:01,080
Speaker 1: done with Jacksonville this year. It was really cool stuff.

802
00:42:01,560 --> 00:42:03,879
Speaker 1: Wasn't supposed to be one of the headliners of this

803
00:42:04,040 --> 00:42:08,000
Speaker 1: really pitching rich farm system, and he's forced himself into

804
00:42:08,040 --> 00:42:11,960
Speaker 1: that conversation. Good for Daniel Castano. One more of these

805
00:42:12,120 --> 00:42:15,640
Speaker 1: reliever starter hybrids is Tyler Jones. Drafted by the Marlins

806
00:42:15,640 --> 00:42:19,480
Speaker 1: in twenty eighteen, a lot of pitching with low A Clinton,

807
00:42:19,520 --> 00:42:21,840
Speaker 1: and then moved up to Jupiter age twenty three season.

808
00:42:22,760 --> 00:42:25,400
Speaker 1: He was a jack of all trades, the kind of

809
00:42:25,400 --> 00:42:28,560
Speaker 1: position they put him in, the versatility that was required.

810
00:42:28,880 --> 00:42:31,760
Speaker 1: He had outings that were as low as three batters

811
00:42:31,760 --> 00:42:34,200
Speaker 1: faced and ones that went six and two thirds innings

812
00:42:34,440 --> 00:42:37,880
Speaker 1: like He was constantly stretched out and then condensed with

813
00:42:37,960 --> 00:42:42,600
Speaker 1: his workload, and yet he kept on chugging. He overcame

814
00:42:42,680 --> 00:42:46,200
Speaker 1: relatively unlucky three twenty four batting average on balls and play,

815
00:42:46,440 --> 00:42:48,520
Speaker 1: and yet still put up an era in the low

816
00:42:48,600 --> 00:42:52,200
Speaker 1: two s two point oh three. Drafted out of Wichita State,

817
00:42:52,960 --> 00:42:56,920
Speaker 1: he He's a nice find. There's not much more to

818
00:42:56,920 --> 00:42:59,680
Speaker 1: add to that, just a good guy at generating ground balls,

819
00:43:00,400 --> 00:43:02,520
Speaker 1: and we'll see how this stuff plays up as he

820
00:43:02,719 --> 00:43:07,000
Speaker 1: moves forward with Jupiter finishing up this segment with the relievers.

821
00:43:07,040 --> 00:43:10,440
Speaker 1: Alex Vesia, also drafted in twenty eighteen, just like Tyler Jones,

822
00:43:10,480 --> 00:43:14,000
Speaker 1: saw time in Clinton, Jupiter, and Jacksonville all the way

823
00:43:14,080 --> 00:43:16,200
Speaker 1: up to double A in his first full year out

824
00:43:16,200 --> 00:43:19,800
Speaker 1: of the draft. His age twenty three season total dominance

825
00:43:20,040 --> 00:43:22,720
Speaker 1: the way that he misses bats is unrivaled by anybody

826
00:43:22,760 --> 00:43:26,680
Speaker 1: else in the organization. A seventeen point six percent swinging

827
00:43:26,719 --> 00:43:30,520
Speaker 1: strike rate over one sixth of all pitches that he

828
00:43:30,600 --> 00:43:34,360
Speaker 1: throws or swing at and missed at just incredible, the

829
00:43:34,440 --> 00:43:37,560
Speaker 1: highest in the Marlins organization by far. He allowed only

830
00:43:37,560 --> 00:43:39,480
Speaker 1: thirteen earned druns this whole year a one to seven

831
00:43:39,480 --> 00:43:43,320
Speaker 1: to six ERA, and no unearned runs either, So that's legit,

832
00:43:43,520 --> 00:43:46,080
Speaker 1: Like that's all him. He didn't even let the defense

833
00:43:46,120 --> 00:43:47,800
Speaker 1: make mistakes behind him by the way that he was

834
00:43:47,840 --> 00:43:51,319
Speaker 1: able to miss bats so consistently. He even had one

835
00:43:51,400 --> 00:43:54,520
Speaker 1: rare opportunity to hit, which you don't see much as

836
00:43:54,520 --> 00:43:56,160
Speaker 1: a reliever. But once he got up to double a.

837
00:43:56,239 --> 00:43:58,160
Speaker 1: There was in a position in extra innings where he

838
00:43:58,200 --> 00:44:00,760
Speaker 1: had to bat for himself, and he drew a bases loaded,

839
00:44:00,800 --> 00:44:03,040
Speaker 1: game winning walk off walk.

840
00:44:03,040 --> 00:44:04,880
Speaker 4: Here in the bottom of the eleventh, the three to

841
00:44:05,000 --> 00:44:10,200
Speaker 4: zero fastball low ball four. It's a walk off walk

842
00:44:11,080 --> 00:44:15,480
Speaker 4: for Alex Pssi and his first ever played appearance, and

843
00:44:15,600 --> 00:44:19,320
Speaker 4: after a scoreless tenth and eleventh he's gonna get mobbed

844
00:44:19,360 --> 00:44:20,520
Speaker 4: over at first base.

845
00:44:21,040 --> 00:44:23,359
Speaker 1: It was. It was incredible, and that's something that he

846
00:44:23,440 --> 00:44:25,480
Speaker 1: took a lot of pride in. Having spoken to him

847
00:44:25,520 --> 00:44:28,120
Speaker 1: right after the season, He'd liked to show that elements

848
00:44:28,120 --> 00:44:30,160
Speaker 1: of this game that people didn't think. He had not

849
00:44:30,520 --> 00:44:33,440
Speaker 1: super high fastball velocity, but a very high spin rate,

850
00:44:33,520 --> 00:44:36,200
Speaker 1: and that's what allows the fastball to play off more

851
00:44:36,239 --> 00:44:39,759
Speaker 1: effective velocity than actual velocity, if you understand what I'm

852
00:44:39,760 --> 00:44:42,319
Speaker 1: getting out there. The final picture that we'll touch on

853
00:44:42,560 --> 00:44:46,600
Speaker 1: is reliever c. J. Carter, just like Bessia, plowed all

854
00:44:46,600 --> 00:44:48,600
Speaker 1: the way up to double A in his first full season.

855
00:44:48,640 --> 00:44:52,000
Speaker 1: It's his age twenty two season. A tiny guy. I

856
00:44:52,080 --> 00:44:56,239
Speaker 1: think he's listed at close to six feet, but eyewitnesses

857
00:44:56,280 --> 00:44:58,719
Speaker 1: will tell you that he's much shorter than that. He's

858
00:44:58,760 --> 00:45:01,680
Speaker 1: one of the smaller players on the field. One hundred

859
00:45:01,680 --> 00:45:04,920
Speaker 1: and sixty five pound frame, doesn't throw with much velocity,

860
00:45:05,080 --> 00:45:07,200
Speaker 1: but he gets you with his deception and he gets

861
00:45:07,200 --> 00:45:09,640
Speaker 1: you with his creativity in his delivery. We have had

862
00:45:09,680 --> 00:45:12,040
Speaker 1: some highlights go up on the fish Stripes Twitter feed

863
00:45:12,080 --> 00:45:14,960
Speaker 1: at fish Stripes during the season of what he does

864
00:45:14,960 --> 00:45:17,240
Speaker 1: with his feet and what he does with his release point.

865
00:45:17,520 --> 00:45:21,439
Speaker 1: He's really sneaky and it was really effective this past year,

866
00:45:21,520 --> 00:45:23,799
Speaker 1: a one point five to one era when he was

867
00:45:23,800 --> 00:45:26,160
Speaker 1: with Clinton and Jupiter. He had one bad outing with

868
00:45:26,280 --> 00:45:29,600
Speaker 1: Jacksonville that we're not gonna hold against him, and a

869
00:45:29,640 --> 00:45:32,719
Speaker 1: really unconventional prospect that's gonna be tested against the best

870
00:45:32,719 --> 00:45:36,400
Speaker 1: competition in the world because along with Gerar Incarnacion and

871
00:45:36,440 --> 00:45:39,560
Speaker 1: along with Vessia, he's part of the delegation that's gonna

872
00:45:39,600 --> 00:45:42,799
Speaker 1: represent the Marlins in the Arizona Fall League beginning next week.

873
00:45:43,440 --> 00:45:45,200
Speaker 1: I'm not quite sure how that's gonna work. You know,

874
00:45:45,239 --> 00:45:48,760
Speaker 1: he's gonna hit his spots and he needs to continue

875
00:45:48,800 --> 00:45:52,120
Speaker 1: to be very unpredictable with the way he releases the ball.

876
00:45:52,920 --> 00:45:55,640
Speaker 1: It just a really interesting find that you wouldn't have

877
00:45:55,719 --> 00:45:58,080
Speaker 1: expected to get much attention at all in pro ball,

878
00:45:58,480 --> 00:46:01,759
Speaker 1: and now that he's had success Initially, he's going to

879
00:46:01,760 --> 00:46:03,359
Speaker 1: be given the benefit of the doubt that he could

880
00:46:03,400 --> 00:46:07,719
Speaker 1: succeed with challenges moving forward. Some honorable mentions on the

881
00:46:07,719 --> 00:46:11,040
Speaker 1: pitching side that didn't quite make the roster. Chris Valamont,

882
00:46:11,040 --> 00:46:13,600
Speaker 1: who's since been traded to the Twins, put up great

883
00:46:13,680 --> 00:46:16,120
Speaker 1: numbers with Clinton and then with Jupiter, and then pitched

884
00:46:16,120 --> 00:46:18,200
Speaker 1: a couple of times against Jupiter later in the year

885
00:46:18,200 --> 00:46:20,080
Speaker 1: and had success. So it looks like the Twins got

886
00:46:20,080 --> 00:46:23,920
Speaker 1: a really interesting guy there. Jake Walters with Loway Clinton,

887
00:46:24,200 --> 00:46:25,919
Speaker 1: he was in the rotation for much of the year

888
00:46:26,520 --> 00:46:29,120
Speaker 1: and had a lot of success, still pitching in the playoffs.

889
00:46:29,280 --> 00:46:33,400
Speaker 1: And bertil Mahea Brian Moran, who we mentioned earlier in

890
00:46:33,400 --> 00:46:35,920
Speaker 1: the episode, now in the major leagues. The way he

891
00:46:36,080 --> 00:46:38,960
Speaker 1: was effective in the hitter friendly conditions of the Pacific

892
00:46:39,000 --> 00:46:41,520
Speaker 1: Coast League with the kind of stuff that he has

893
00:46:41,760 --> 00:46:45,120
Speaker 1: was a big surprise. Brett Graves, another reliever double A

894
00:46:45,239 --> 00:46:48,000
Speaker 1: and triple A, had some major league experience in twenty eighteen,

895
00:46:48,040 --> 00:46:51,440
Speaker 1: but spending this year in the minor leagues. He was

896
00:46:51,880 --> 00:46:55,600
Speaker 1: very polished and very consistent. And finally, Tyler Stevens, a

897
00:46:55,680 --> 00:46:57,200
Speaker 1: right hander who made it all the way up to

898
00:46:57,200 --> 00:46:59,399
Speaker 1: triple A at the end of the year, fastball, change

899
00:46:59,440 --> 00:47:01,680
Speaker 1: up guy that has a great idea of what he's

900
00:47:01,719 --> 00:47:03,879
Speaker 1: doing on the mound out there. The Marlins have more

901
00:47:03,880 --> 00:47:05,719
Speaker 1: options than we could fit on this roster. Like I said,

902
00:47:05,719 --> 00:47:08,040
Speaker 1: I wanted to limit it to twenty to keep the

903
00:47:08,080 --> 00:47:11,560
Speaker 1: standards very high for performance. But between the honorable mentions,

904
00:47:11,600 --> 00:47:14,360
Speaker 1: there was thirty to thirty five guys that I really

905
00:47:14,440 --> 00:47:16,680
Speaker 1: liked in the Marlins minor league system this year, and

906
00:47:16,719 --> 00:47:19,040
Speaker 1: it gives you a better understanding of why this is

907
00:47:19,040 --> 00:47:22,359
Speaker 1: regarded as an elite farm system by all the talent

908
00:47:22,400 --> 00:47:26,279
Speaker 1: evaluation publications. The depth is there, the upside is there,

909
00:47:26,840 --> 00:47:29,880
Speaker 1: and assuming some durability from their top talents moving forward,

910
00:47:30,040 --> 00:47:33,280
Speaker 1: these guys are going to make for a very strong

911
00:47:33,360 --> 00:47:39,560
Speaker 1: core at the major league level for your Miami Marlins.

912
00:47:40,480 --> 00:47:42,440
Speaker 1: If and when these intriguing towns break through to the

913
00:47:42,440 --> 00:47:45,040
Speaker 1: major league level, they'll be joining Sandy al Contra. By

914
00:47:45,080 --> 00:47:47,840
Speaker 1: all accounts, he's a fixture on the Marlins roster going forward,

915
00:47:48,120 --> 00:47:49,920
Speaker 1: and I'm sort of surprised that we've reached this point

916
00:47:49,960 --> 00:47:52,480
Speaker 1: already here in just his rookie season. That's why I

917
00:47:52,520 --> 00:47:55,440
Speaker 1: wanted to spend a few extra minutes on it. Full disclosure,

918
00:47:55,480 --> 00:47:57,960
Speaker 1: I feel like I've flip flopped a few times on

919
00:47:58,040 --> 00:48:01,760
Speaker 1: my assessment of Sandy because of his unusual skill set

920
00:48:01,800 --> 00:48:05,359
Speaker 1: and the way that he approaches batters. Obviously regarded very

921
00:48:05,440 --> 00:48:07,680
Speaker 1: highly when he was acquired by the Marlins in the

922
00:48:07,680 --> 00:48:10,640
Speaker 1: Azuna trade. He was the centerpiece of the trade, the

923
00:48:10,680 --> 00:48:13,000
Speaker 1: one that was widely thought of as a top one

924
00:48:13,080 --> 00:48:15,520
Speaker 1: hundred prospect, and he made it to the majors a

925
00:48:15,560 --> 00:48:18,560
Speaker 1: little bit later than expected. As a starter, was pretty

926
00:48:18,560 --> 00:48:21,759
Speaker 1: far along in that twenty eighteen season, and once he did,

927
00:48:21,800 --> 00:48:24,680
Speaker 1: he was inconsistent. I liked what I saw on the

928
00:48:24,760 --> 00:48:26,320
Speaker 1: days that he was on. It seemed that when he

929
00:48:26,320 --> 00:48:29,000
Speaker 1: could challenge hitters, he was having a lot of success,

930
00:48:29,280 --> 00:48:32,000
Speaker 1: and that that inconsistency from his twenty eighteen season would

931
00:48:32,000 --> 00:48:35,000
Speaker 1: iron itself out over time. The peripherals were pretty ugly.

932
00:48:35,320 --> 00:48:38,200
Speaker 1: The fielder independent pitching was below average, even though his

933
00:48:38,280 --> 00:48:40,960
Speaker 1: ERA was in the low threes. So there were some

934
00:48:41,000 --> 00:48:43,960
Speaker 1: parts of his game that seemed due for regression, and

935
00:48:44,000 --> 00:48:47,720
Speaker 1: we saw some of that here in twenty nineteen. Overall, though,

936
00:48:47,760 --> 00:48:50,640
Speaker 1: the hot streaks have outweighed the cold streaks. He leads

937
00:48:50,640 --> 00:48:54,399
Speaker 1: to Marlins in every significant category and is mentioned at

938
00:48:54,440 --> 00:48:56,680
Speaker 1: the top of this episode. He has been one of

939
00:48:56,719 --> 00:49:00,239
Speaker 1: the more successful rookie starting pitchers that the organization has

940
00:49:00,280 --> 00:49:03,560
Speaker 1: ever had. It's not like Sandy is under the radar

941
00:49:03,719 --> 00:49:06,520
Speaker 1: or anything. He was the Marlins lone All Star representative

942
00:49:06,640 --> 00:49:10,160
Speaker 1: here in twenty nineteen, but that selection was panned by

943
00:49:10,200 --> 00:49:13,200
Speaker 1: a lot of people that he was somewhat undeserving, and frankly,

944
00:49:13,239 --> 00:49:15,920
Speaker 1: he wouldn't have been selected if MLB didn't have that

945
00:49:16,000 --> 00:49:19,439
Speaker 1: automatic All Star rule for at this one representative per team.

946
00:49:19,520 --> 00:49:21,920
Speaker 1: That he was somewhat of a mercy selection to get

947
00:49:21,960 --> 00:49:25,600
Speaker 1: the Marlins some exposure, and he frankly was not like

948
00:49:25,719 --> 00:49:27,640
Speaker 1: a great pitcher for much of the first half of

949
00:49:27,640 --> 00:49:30,280
Speaker 1: the season. He had a nice hot streak around Memorial

950
00:49:30,360 --> 00:49:33,080
Speaker 1: Day and then for much of June. Overall, though his

951
00:49:33,160 --> 00:49:35,719
Speaker 1: strikeout rate was one of the lowest in the league,

952
00:49:35,760 --> 00:49:39,239
Speaker 1: he was benefiting from some good luck, it seemed, defensively,

953
00:49:39,360 --> 00:49:41,640
Speaker 1: not just good defenders behind him, but just plain all

954
00:49:41,800 --> 00:49:45,440
Speaker 1: good luck, and that by performance he wasn't even necessarily

955
00:49:45,520 --> 00:49:48,520
Speaker 1: an average major league starting pitcher, and he certainly didn't

956
00:49:48,520 --> 00:49:50,560
Speaker 1: seem to be the best pitcher in the Marlins rotation

957
00:49:50,600 --> 00:49:51,920
Speaker 1: at the time. Just happened to be the one that

958
00:49:52,040 --> 00:49:54,239
Speaker 1: was most durable, and even to this point he has

959
00:49:54,239 --> 00:49:57,759
Speaker 1: made every scheduled start. Where my thoughts have started to

960
00:49:57,840 --> 00:50:00,120
Speaker 1: change on him a little bit is what he's done

961
00:50:00,239 --> 00:50:02,680
Speaker 1: since the All Star Break, and I guess more specifically

962
00:50:02,760 --> 00:50:05,239
Speaker 1: over the last month or so, where the ERA is

963
00:50:05,280 --> 00:50:07,360
Speaker 1: even higher than it was during the first half of

964
00:50:07,400 --> 00:50:09,879
Speaker 1: the season. To remind you, guys, in the first half

965
00:50:09,960 --> 00:50:12,400
Speaker 1: pre All Star Breaker, three eight to two ERA, and

966
00:50:12,480 --> 00:50:14,840
Speaker 1: that was in his first seventeen starts. Since then, a

967
00:50:15,160 --> 00:50:17,840
Speaker 1: four to thirty five ERA in his last eleven starts.

968
00:50:18,040 --> 00:50:19,480
Speaker 1: You look at that and you don't see what the

969
00:50:19,480 --> 00:50:22,239
Speaker 1: big deal is about. But just from watching him every day,

970
00:50:22,400 --> 00:50:25,640
Speaker 1: I feel pretty confident in stating that he's better as

971
00:50:25,680 --> 00:50:28,120
Speaker 1: the season has moved on. Even as he's pitching endings

972
00:50:28,400 --> 00:50:30,600
Speaker 1: that he has never had to before in a professional season.

973
00:50:30,840 --> 00:50:33,839
Speaker 1: His strikeout rate has gone way way up. It's now

974
00:50:34,239 --> 00:50:36,160
Speaker 1: since that All Star break. His strikeout rate is pretty

975
00:50:36,239 --> 00:50:38,120
Speaker 1: much league average for a guy that was struggling to

976
00:50:38,120 --> 00:50:40,960
Speaker 1: miss bats during the first half of the season. The

977
00:50:41,000 --> 00:50:44,000
Speaker 1: walks are down a little bit, and just the depth

978
00:50:44,000 --> 00:50:47,600
Speaker 1: that he's giving them in these games is most remarkable

979
00:50:48,160 --> 00:50:51,440
Speaker 1: of all because that's the one big deficit that a

980
00:50:51,480 --> 00:50:53,320
Speaker 1: lot of teams have as are building their teams is

981
00:50:53,360 --> 00:50:55,360
Speaker 1: finding people that can eat innings. This has been a

982
00:50:55,440 --> 00:50:58,320
Speaker 1: year around Major League Baseball that has been so unusual

983
00:50:58,360 --> 00:51:02,200
Speaker 1: in the style of play. One trend that is most

984
00:51:02,239 --> 00:51:06,120
Speaker 1: alarming is that bullpens have higher eras than starting rotations.

985
00:51:06,160 --> 00:51:09,800
Speaker 1: It's more difficult for these teams to maintain leads in

986
00:51:09,800 --> 00:51:12,120
Speaker 1: the later endings when they go to what are supposed

987
00:51:12,120 --> 00:51:14,799
Speaker 1: to be these hard throwing late ending put it all

988
00:51:14,840 --> 00:51:16,920
Speaker 1: out there, specialists that are supposed to be dominant and

989
00:51:16,960 --> 00:51:19,279
Speaker 1: they haven't been dominant. Teams are relying so much on

990
00:51:19,280 --> 00:51:22,200
Speaker 1: their bullpen that those bullpens are weighing down and therefore

991
00:51:22,560 --> 00:51:26,280
Speaker 1: having guys that can give you that length are even

992
00:51:26,480 --> 00:51:29,440
Speaker 1: better assets than they used to be. Sandy is now

993
00:51:29,440 --> 00:51:31,439
Speaker 1: emerging as one of those guys on a Marlins team

994
00:51:31,640 --> 00:51:33,880
Speaker 1: that we've seen a lot of great pitching through the year.

995
00:51:34,280 --> 00:51:37,560
Speaker 1: Danny has covered that pretty consistently week in week out

996
00:51:37,680 --> 00:51:39,640
Speaker 1: about how this was one of the better starting rotations

997
00:51:39,640 --> 00:51:41,600
Speaker 1: in the league for a chunk of the season, how

998
00:51:41,600 --> 00:51:44,920
Speaker 1: they had more quality starters than they had rotation spots

999
00:51:44,960 --> 00:51:47,560
Speaker 1: for There's been some regression since then. We need to

1000
00:51:47,560 --> 00:51:50,640
Speaker 1: admit that some of these pitchers have not been quite

1001
00:51:50,640 --> 00:51:53,839
Speaker 1: as effective as initially hoped as this season has worn on.

1002
00:51:54,080 --> 00:51:56,120
Speaker 1: Sandy is an exception to that. Sandy is the one

1003
00:51:56,160 --> 00:51:59,359
Speaker 1: that's made every scheduled start, and what he's done is

1004
00:51:59,400 --> 00:52:02,960
Speaker 1: he's made some interesting adjustments for the season. Overall, al

1005
00:52:03,000 --> 00:52:05,480
Speaker 1: Contra has been hesitant to actually put his pitches in

1006
00:52:05,520 --> 00:52:07,520
Speaker 1: the strike zone, but we've seen the shift in that

1007
00:52:07,600 --> 00:52:11,080
Speaker 1: approach from him recently, especially over the last thirty days.

1008
00:52:11,080 --> 00:52:13,840
Speaker 1: This is according to Fangrafts, he's among the league leaders

1009
00:52:14,000 --> 00:52:17,200
Speaker 1: among qualifiers in the percentage of pitches in the strike zone.

1010
00:52:17,239 --> 00:52:21,200
Speaker 1: Nearly half his pitches he's actually throwing over the plate

1011
00:52:21,680 --> 00:52:24,160
Speaker 1: where they would be called to strike if the opponent

1012
00:52:24,200 --> 00:52:26,400
Speaker 1: doesn't offer at it. If the batter does offer at it,

1013
00:52:26,680 --> 00:52:29,000
Speaker 1: we see them just not making great contact and he

1014
00:52:29,040 --> 00:52:31,239
Speaker 1: needs to trust in his defense. There the way that

1015
00:52:31,480 --> 00:52:34,400
Speaker 1: he's able to get opponents swing over the top of

1016
00:52:34,440 --> 00:52:36,719
Speaker 1: the ball and hitting ground balls. He's been among the

1017
00:52:36,760 --> 00:52:40,719
Speaker 1: league leaders in double plays induced this year, but what's

1018
00:52:40,719 --> 00:52:43,279
Speaker 1: even better than inducing double plays is getting those guys

1019
00:52:43,320 --> 00:52:46,200
Speaker 1: out without even having runners on base to be doubled off.

1020
00:52:47,160 --> 00:52:49,640
Speaker 1: As things line up, Sandy's projected to have three or

1021
00:52:49,680 --> 00:52:52,160
Speaker 1: four more starts remaining in the season. The next thing

1022
00:52:52,320 --> 00:52:55,360
Speaker 1: on Friday against the Giants, then five games later against

1023
00:52:55,360 --> 00:52:58,719
Speaker 1: the Diamondbacks, after that the Mets, and again, depending on

1024
00:52:58,760 --> 00:53:01,239
Speaker 1: the size of their rotation, he could be available for

1025
00:53:01,280 --> 00:53:04,480
Speaker 1: that season finale against the Phillies or get squeezed out

1026
00:53:04,840 --> 00:53:08,040
Speaker 1: prior to that. Regardless, all those games would be on

1027
00:53:08,080 --> 00:53:11,000
Speaker 1: the road. So that's an interesting test for him because

1028
00:53:11,239 --> 00:53:13,560
Speaker 1: his splits this year, I've shown the issues a lot

1029
00:53:13,600 --> 00:53:16,200
Speaker 1: more walks when he's away from Marlins Park, just less

1030
00:53:16,200 --> 00:53:19,720
Speaker 1: efficient with his pitches, not quite as confident in attacking

1031
00:53:19,760 --> 00:53:22,280
Speaker 1: his zone. I want to see that tested against his opponents,

1032
00:53:22,480 --> 00:53:24,800
Speaker 1: regardless of the quality of the opponents or the specific

1033
00:53:24,880 --> 00:53:27,320
Speaker 1: lineups that he's going against. It's all about the approach.

1034
00:53:27,360 --> 00:53:28,600
Speaker 1: At this time of the year. You don't want to

1035
00:53:28,640 --> 00:53:30,440
Speaker 1: play the results too much. You want to look at

1036
00:53:30,560 --> 00:53:33,560
Speaker 1: the independent variables and the peripherals, whether a guy is

1037
00:53:33,560 --> 00:53:36,880
Speaker 1: getting into good habits, ones that lend itself to future success.

1038
00:53:37,120 --> 00:53:39,760
Speaker 1: Sandy al Contrera has had a good rookie year. Nothing

1039
00:53:39,760 --> 00:53:41,839
Speaker 1: he does these final few outings would take away from that,

1040
00:53:42,440 --> 00:53:45,840
Speaker 1: but they still matter. There is this surplus of pitching

1041
00:53:45,840 --> 00:53:48,440
Speaker 1: in the higher levels of the Marlins organization a great

1042
00:53:48,480 --> 00:53:53,240
Speaker 1: problem to have. It's Pablo and Caleb eliez Or Hernandez Dugger,

1043
00:53:54,400 --> 00:53:57,680
Speaker 1: Jordan Yamamodo, this next wave coming up led by six

1044
00:53:57,719 --> 00:54:02,000
Speaker 1: Stow and Edward Carbrera, but then Nick and Trevor Rodgers

1045
00:54:02,040 --> 00:54:04,880
Speaker 1: and Braxton Garrett. You're not gonna be able to squeeze

1046
00:54:04,880 --> 00:54:07,000
Speaker 1: all these guys in the same rotation at the same time.

1047
00:54:07,480 --> 00:54:10,520
Speaker 1: And if Sandy has a lot of pride and wants

1048
00:54:10,560 --> 00:54:12,920
Speaker 1: to stay in this role long term, if he wants

1049
00:54:12,960 --> 00:54:16,160
Speaker 1: to be starting playoff games for the Marlins a few

1050
00:54:16,239 --> 00:54:18,960
Speaker 1: years down the road, assuming they make it there, if

1051
00:54:18,960 --> 00:54:22,200
Speaker 1: he wants to just have a big impact on when

1052
00:54:22,200 --> 00:54:25,240
Speaker 1: this rebuild turns the corner. He's already a very valued

1053
00:54:25,280 --> 00:54:28,239
Speaker 1: member of this clubhouse. He's someone that's respected for his

1054
00:54:28,280 --> 00:54:30,879
Speaker 1: philanthropy so early in his career, spent his twenty fourth

1055
00:54:30,880 --> 00:54:36,080
Speaker 1: birthday organizing a softball tournament to raise equipment for underprivileged

1056
00:54:36,160 --> 00:54:39,239
Speaker 1: kids in the Dominican Republic. This is a guy that

1057
00:54:39,400 --> 00:54:41,799
Speaker 1: has the potential to be on the faces of the

1058
00:54:41,840 --> 00:54:44,680
Speaker 1: Marlins organization, and he has all the talent in the world.

1059
00:54:44,960 --> 00:54:46,880
Speaker 1: We're seeing some of it come together, but still some

1060
00:54:46,960 --> 00:54:48,920
Speaker 1: adjustments are going to be needed, and that's what we're

1061
00:54:48,920 --> 00:54:51,839
Speaker 1: paying attention to, both with Sandy and with other young,

1062
00:54:51,840 --> 00:54:55,360
Speaker 1: controllable players over these final few weeks. The results themselves

1063
00:54:55,680 --> 00:54:59,000
Speaker 1: shouldn't really be overanalyzed too much because the quality of

1064
00:54:59,040 --> 00:55:01,839
Speaker 1: competition is very even at this time of year. Guys

1065
00:55:01,920 --> 00:55:05,239
Speaker 1: are playing with different motivations, not necessarily to impress the

1066
00:55:05,280 --> 00:55:07,680
Speaker 1: way that the Marlins players will be, but you look

1067
00:55:07,719 --> 00:55:09,760
Speaker 1: at the peripherals, you look at the approach to the game.

1068
00:55:10,400 --> 00:55:13,840
Speaker 1: Hopefully you want to see consistency over these few weeks

1069
00:55:13,920 --> 00:55:16,960
Speaker 1: and every time they go out onto the field, and

1070
00:55:17,120 --> 00:55:19,320
Speaker 1: the individuals on this Marlins team are going to be

1071
00:55:19,360 --> 00:55:22,200
Speaker 1: taking them seriously themselves, so hope to prove themselves for

1072
00:55:22,320 --> 00:55:24,280
Speaker 1: what's likely to be a new manager in twenty twenty

1073
00:55:24,360 --> 00:55:26,560
Speaker 1: and for a front offits that's going to have much

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Speaker 1: current season. Thank you to everybody for listening this week

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Speaker 1: and putting up with my Eli Sussman style. Full coverage

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Speaker 1: put a lot of attention into making sure you guys

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Speaker 1: should be back next week and we're expecting a very

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Speaker 1: We're trying to make ourselves as accessible as possible, always

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Speaker 1: open to your feedback, whether it's in reviews or social media. Email,

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Speaker 1: It's a big responsibility for me to run fish Stripes,

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Speaker 1: but I find it very fulfilling and I take a

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Speaker 1: make sure that this is still the quality of Marlins

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Speaker 1: outlet that we've created and that we continue building it

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Speaker 1: up moving into twenty twenty and beyond. Go fish