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Speaker 1: of each week, we do these prospect spotlight episodes, and

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Speaker 1: here's a twist on the usual format because the All

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Speaker 1: Star break is a little bit closer than you might imagine,

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Speaker 1: especially when it comes to the prospect side. These decisions

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Speaker 1: on who to represents the team at the Futures Game

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Speaker 1: during the All Star festivities, those get made pretty soon,

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Speaker 1: just in a matter of weeks, I would say, which

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Speaker 1: means that we have a good idea of who in

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Speaker 1: the Marlins organization could get that prestigious honor. Most Major

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Speaker 1: League teams get two representatives per year, sometimes three if

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Speaker 1: really weird stuff happens that open up a new spot,

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Speaker 1: Sometimes only one if there's not more than one that's

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Speaker 1: actually deserving. Last year, the Marlins had Thomas White and

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Speaker 1: Noble Meyer. If you're watching on YouTube, in this photo

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Speaker 1: you even see on the far left that is Robbie Snelling.

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Speaker 1: So three guys that were all futures game reps last

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Speaker 1: year that are in the Marlins organization now, and we're

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Speaker 1: going to talk about a couple of them right here.

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Speaker 1: In my mind, assuming that the Marlins get two reps

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Speaker 1: this year, I think it's going to come down to

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Speaker 1: three of these guys. Two of these three guys getting

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Speaker 1: chance that we get somebody going there back to back years,

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Speaker 1: which is kind of unusual. But if it's deserving, then

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Speaker 1: it is. These selections are. It's a combination of prospect,

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Speaker 1: pedigree and actual performance. These are not only the very

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Speaker 1: best statistical minor leaguers that get this opportunity. If those

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Speaker 1: guys aren't considered serious prospects by evaluators that there's real

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Speaker 1: questions about how that stuff is going to translate to

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Speaker 1: the major league level, then those guys get passed over. Unfortunately.

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Speaker 1: So it's not just most deserving in terms of on

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Speaker 1: field stuff. It is a combination between how good these

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Speaker 1: during the twenty twenty five season. We'll start with Robbie Snelling,

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Speaker 1: who as of this recording is number six on our

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Speaker 1: FLF Top thirty. He's going to slide into the number

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Speaker 1: five spot when Augustine Ramirez graduates. Snelling acquired from the

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Speaker 1: Padres last year six player deal that sat Tanner, Scott

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Speaker 1: and Brian hoeing the San Diego. Snelling was the headliner

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Speaker 1: of that package. Considering that he was the reigning Padres

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Speaker 1: but had got off to a slow start, the Marlins

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Speaker 1: bought low, and pretty instantly they bore the fruit of

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Speaker 1: that decision. It has paid off pretty well. But stood

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Speaker 1: out to me immediately last year is how sharp his

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Speaker 1: And this year it's been a mixed bag where at

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Speaker 1: times he looks like the same guy he was last year,

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Speaker 1: at times he's look even slightly better, and there was

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Speaker 1: a slump in the middle during May that has put

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Speaker 1: looks like he might be really breaking out. Overall, it's

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Speaker 1: a four point zero ERA this season, but with a

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Speaker 1: across nine starts for Snelling this year, almost all of

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Speaker 1: it's a lot of ninety fours ninety fives from Snelling.

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Speaker 1: So if he's able to command that pitch and if

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Speaker 1: back to that event, but this time representing his new organization.

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Speaker 1: The other guys we're going to talk about are homegrown

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Speaker 1: Marlins prospects Joe Mack. I remember making a very strong

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Speaker 1: case for Mack to go to the Futures Game last year.

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Speaker 1: He was the big breakout prospect in the Marlins organization

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Speaker 1: I think we've covered him on a prospect spotlight earlier

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Speaker 1: in the season, acquired in the twenty twenty one MLB Draft,

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Speaker 1: fof prospect as soon as Augustine graduates. Mack is currently

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Speaker 1: a hitter, we know defensively that there's some limitations there,

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Speaker 1: the biggest question I had about him answering this year

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Speaker 1: another guy who is at the Futures game last year,

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Speaker 1: that's Thomas White. He's been our number one prospect ranked

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Speaker 1: if he doesn't get the precision with his command to

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Speaker 1: think The first step to that is just getting him

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Speaker 1: quick peek at what our top thirty looks like right

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Speaker 1: now in this Marlins organization, where it takes that combination

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Speaker 1: touch on a Noble Meyer because he was with Thomas

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Speaker 1: this year if he does, just because he's already done

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Speaker 1: sending Mac and White. If I had to choose, I

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Speaker 1: make a case if White is just too limited, Endings

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Speaker 1: that would be awesome if all three of those guys, White,

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Speaker 1: Mac and Snaling all got the opportunity. That being said,

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Speaker 1: it's still been pretty interesting to follow this Marlins farm

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Speaker 1: system so far this year. We'll keep you up to

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