WEBVTT - Picking Our 2026 Marlins Midseason Award Winners 0:00:00.080 --> 0:00:02.280 Sometimas white. You're listening to Fish on first on Foul 0:00:02.400 --> 0:00:39.720 Territory Network. 0:00:22.360 --> 0:00:25.560 Fish and Filtered Episode one, where we're at the mid 0:00:25.600 --> 0:00:28.240 season point, just over eighty one games played for the 0:00:28.280 --> 0:00:31.440 Miami Marlins. So so we're gonna give our mid season awards. 0:00:31.560 --> 0:00:36.440 We'll do MVP, cy Young, Best Win, worst Loss, and 0:00:36.520 --> 0:00:39.040 Biggest Surprise, and then the first half Prospect of the 0:00:39.120 --> 0:00:43.280 Year as well. I'm here with isaacazouit Aj ramos Aj. 0:00:43.360 --> 0:00:46.000 How's the vacation? We saw it ran into Tom Kohler, 0:00:46.440 --> 0:00:48.800 So how cool was that? How was the vacation just 0:00:48.840 --> 0:00:51.120 away you know, from from the baseball side of things 0:00:51.159 --> 0:00:51.519 for a bit. 0:00:52.440 --> 0:00:54.600 Uh, you know that part being away from the baseball 0:00:54.600 --> 0:00:57.520 side of it is cool. And I didn't have to 0:00:57.560 --> 0:00:59.800 do serious XM radio and I have to do anything 0:01:00.080 --> 0:01:01.680 that was cool to kind of get my mind off 0:01:01.720 --> 0:01:05.200 of that. I watched I looked at box scores. For 0:01:05.240 --> 0:01:06.959 the most part, I didn't even look at my phone. 0:01:08.360 --> 0:01:10.080 But it was cool being around. But I mean, I 0:01:10.080 --> 0:01:13.280 think with all parents, when you as they know, when 0:01:13.280 --> 0:01:15.840 you take your kids on vacation, it's not really that 0:01:15.920 --> 0:01:19.280 much of vacation because you're you're dealing with the kids, 0:01:19.360 --> 0:01:21.520 but overall, man, it was a really good time. And yeah, 0:01:21.560 --> 0:01:25.520 seeing Coler, he was walking by on the boardwalk and 0:01:25.560 --> 0:01:27.480 I was like, that guy looks like Tom Kohler. But 0:01:27.520 --> 0:01:29.720 when I played with Coler, probably the last time I 0:01:29.720 --> 0:01:32.160 saw Coler, Coler was in not as good of a 0:01:32.240 --> 0:01:36.080 shape as he is now. He got jiu jitsu and 0:01:36.120 --> 0:01:38.760 he had the chisel jaw, and I'm like, damn, that 0:01:38.840 --> 0:01:41.279 dude looks like a handsome you know, like the handsome 0:01:41.280 --> 0:01:44.800 squid word, but the handsome Coler version. I'm like, okay. 0:01:45.360 --> 0:01:47.040 And then so I'm looking, I'm like, is that him 0:01:47.160 --> 0:01:49.640 or not. If I would have recog like knew it 0:01:49.680 --> 0:01:51.480 was for sure him, I would have jumped on his 0:01:51.600 --> 0:01:53.680 back and put him in a hole and said look alive, 0:01:53.800 --> 0:01:56.480 and like give him a little hold. But because he 0:01:56.520 --> 0:02:00.120 does jiu jitsu and anyway saw him, we chopped it 0:02:00.160 --> 0:02:02.120 up for a little bit. He was on vacation celebrating 0:02:02.160 --> 0:02:04.720 his fortieth birthday. He was out there with him and 0:02:04.760 --> 0:02:07.200 his wife on a real vacation. They're out there for 0:02:07.240 --> 0:02:08.919 a couple of nights. So it was cool to run 0:02:08.960 --> 0:02:13.200 into him. He looks really good, and yeah, there he 0:02:13.280 --> 0:02:14.799 just look at look at him man, like when we 0:02:14.919 --> 0:02:18.040 were playing shit, when we were playing like he was 0:02:18.080 --> 0:02:20.480 a little bit on the thicker side. I will say 0:02:20.639 --> 0:02:22.919 he probably used that as energy as well. You got 0:02:22.919 --> 0:02:24.639 to have some fat on you, you know, when you're a 0:02:24.680 --> 0:02:28.080 starting pitcher, you got to absorb those innings. Uh. But 0:02:28.240 --> 0:02:31.200 now he looks really good man. And uh you look 0:02:31.240 --> 0:02:34.120 at that jaw looking looking chiseled man. So it was 0:02:34.160 --> 0:02:37.600 cool to see him. We chopped it up and looking 0:02:37.600 --> 0:02:40.040 forward to you know, when I'm out in Miami again 0:02:40.120 --> 0:02:42.160 and I stay at my house in Jupiter to kick 0:02:42.200 --> 0:02:43.000 it with him out there. 0:02:45.120 --> 0:02:49.520 Alrighty, So let's talk about the Marlins Man twenty and 0:02:49.560 --> 0:02:51.600 six in the month of June. That's the best record 0:02:51.840 --> 0:02:55.920 in a month long spanning franchise history. Isaac, Like, what 0:02:56.000 --> 0:02:58.600 do you You're on faul Territory. You spoke a little 0:02:58.600 --> 0:03:00.400 bit about it too, But like, if you have to 0:03:00.400 --> 0:03:02.440 like pinpoint into one thing that really worked out for 0:03:02.440 --> 0:03:04.000 this team in the month of during that that led 0:03:04.080 --> 0:03:05.520 them to this, what would it be. 0:03:06.600 --> 0:03:08.799 It's like I said on the show, it's just every 0:03:08.840 --> 0:03:12.160 single part of this froster has been doing their part. 0:03:12.320 --> 0:03:14.720 And if I had to choose one, I'd lean towards 0:03:14.760 --> 0:03:17.720 the offense. I mean, there's everyone in that lineup that's 0:03:17.760 --> 0:03:20.720 playing most days is contributing at a high level, and 0:03:20.760 --> 0:03:23.400 that's what's allowing the starting pitching take a little bit 0:03:23.440 --> 0:03:24.920 of a breather and know that they don't have to 0:03:24.919 --> 0:03:27.239 be perfect. And that goes a long way for both 0:03:27.240 --> 0:03:30.000 the relievers and the starters. When you have guys like 0:03:30.080 --> 0:03:33.960 Ryan Gusto and Tyler Phillips come into pitch meaningful innings, 0:03:34.080 --> 0:03:35.520 they don't need to be perfect, they don't need to 0:03:35.520 --> 0:03:37.520 go five shutout. They can just simply know allow a 0:03:37.520 --> 0:03:39.040 couple of runs, to know that their offense will pick 0:03:39.080 --> 0:03:41.320 them up. And you know, we saw what they've done 0:03:41.360 --> 0:03:44.440 in Colorado so far. Recording this on July second, before 0:03:44.480 --> 0:03:46.560 they wrap up a four game set in Course Field, 0:03:46.960 --> 0:03:49.280 and they are spraying balls all over that city of 0:03:49.320 --> 0:03:52.040 Denver right now. It's really fun to watch Owen Casey, 0:03:52.160 --> 0:03:54.720 Joe macgriff and ConA have all hit balls over four 0:03:54.800 --> 0:03:56.840 hundred and fifty feet. I know they called it four 0:03:56.840 --> 0:03:58.440 to thirty three on griffs, which is a bunch of 0:03:58.520 --> 0:04:01.840 horse hockey. It's just professional at bats up and down 0:04:01.840 --> 0:04:05.160 the lineup top to bottom, and I would say that's 0:04:05.200 --> 0:04:08.440 the main contributor to this, to the most successful month 0:04:08.480 --> 0:04:12.320 that I've ever seen. I know the twenty twelve May 0:04:13.040 --> 0:04:15.520 was berserk, and for them to have a better win 0:04:15.560 --> 0:04:17.680 presentage than that month, holy crap, they must have been 0:04:17.680 --> 0:04:18.080 really good. 0:04:19.400 --> 0:04:21.320 Aja, you pitched in Colorado for a little I think 0:04:21.360 --> 0:04:23.000 just a little bit, and you have pitched before there 0:04:23.040 --> 0:04:25.400 as a former player. How tough is it just to 0:04:25.480 --> 0:04:28.120 do what you know guys like Sandy or and Max 0:04:28.200 --> 0:04:30.120 have already done, which is, you know, keep their team 0:04:30.120 --> 0:04:32.599 in a position to win. But you know they have 0:04:32.720 --> 0:04:34.920 walked a lot of guys and Max had that one 0:04:34.960 --> 0:04:36.960 bad inning. Just what do you look at how do 0:04:37.040 --> 0:04:40.040 you kind of evaluate their outings so far? And then 0:04:40.080 --> 0:04:44.520 obviously talk about the offense mac Casey like they've gone 0:04:44.520 --> 0:04:45.720 bombs away in this series. 0:04:46.760 --> 0:04:50.160 Well, I mean the biggest thing I feel like, Well, 0:04:50.240 --> 0:04:52.960 first of all, I actually had good numbers in Colorado 0:04:52.960 --> 0:04:55.159 when I pitched there, and because it really forced me 0:04:55.240 --> 0:04:57.599 to try to get on top of the ball, and 0:04:57.920 --> 0:05:01.400 always leaving Colorado always felt best because I was able 0:05:01.440 --> 0:05:03.760 to manipulate the ball a little bit more easier because 0:05:03.760 --> 0:05:06.720 you're you're now at sea level and the ball moves 0:05:06.760 --> 0:05:08.200 the way you want it to, and my stuff would 0:05:08.240 --> 0:05:11.400 normally get sharper. So going into pitch to Colorado, you 0:05:11.480 --> 0:05:13.760 really have to one hydrate because you're playing in elevation, 0:05:14.400 --> 0:05:17.000 and two you really have to adjust your sights. And 0:05:17.080 --> 0:05:18.720 the way you do that is in catch play. When 0:05:18.720 --> 0:05:21.640 you're playing catch, you're seeing how the ball's moving, You're 0:05:21.680 --> 0:05:24.440 seeing how the shape is and everything. And then when 0:05:24.480 --> 0:05:26.240 you throw a bullpen, I would always throw when we 0:05:26.240 --> 0:05:28.039 first get there, I would throw a short box, which 0:05:28.080 --> 0:05:31.719 is a shorter length of a bullpen, So I'd throw 0:05:31.760 --> 0:05:34.240 like at fifty six feet on the mound. I get 0:05:34.240 --> 0:05:36.400 the catcher to come up so that I can get 0:05:36.400 --> 0:05:38.240 a feel of what my ball is doing, and I 0:05:38.320 --> 0:05:40.040 throw it like at seventy eighty percent so that I 0:05:40.080 --> 0:05:42.520 can get a feel and understand where my sights are. 0:05:42.600 --> 0:05:46.080 So that's what I would do there now. As far 0:05:46.160 --> 0:05:52.680 as how they performed, you know, I think the sinkers 0:05:52.720 --> 0:05:58.120 and changeups have had the most effect of the altitude. 0:05:58.520 --> 0:06:00.680 You see Max's change up when you threw it, it 0:06:00.800 --> 0:06:03.520 moves seven inches less than it normally did. When he 0:06:03.560 --> 0:06:06.839 threw his slider. It moved an inch less when he 0:06:06.880 --> 0:06:11.599 threw his sinker. Though he gained almost like almost a 0:06:11.640 --> 0:06:15.920 full velocity a tick of velocity on his sinker, and 0:06:16.120 --> 0:06:18.680 you can say, oh, that's good, But when your body 0:06:18.760 --> 0:06:21.400 is used to releasing the ball at a certain point 0:06:21.400 --> 0:06:24.480 with a certain velocity, that's an alteration you have to make. 0:06:24.560 --> 0:06:27.560 So at times it gets tough out there. So pitching 0:06:27.560 --> 0:06:32.400 in Colorado really challenges your ability to actually pitch because 0:06:32.560 --> 0:06:35.720 things aren't gonna move the same. And you know, Max 0:06:35.720 --> 0:06:38.120 has had one of those games where it didn't go 0:06:38.279 --> 0:06:41.839 his way. Happens, it was bound to happens, his first 0:06:41.880 --> 0:06:44.760 blip of the year, but overall, he still was able 0:06:44.760 --> 0:06:48.440 to keep his team in a good enough position to 0:06:48.440 --> 0:06:51.320 to in striking distance basically, even though it didn't happen. 0:06:52.480 --> 0:06:56.760 And URI's He's us his fastball, well, his his slider 0:06:56.800 --> 0:07:01.560 actually broke more in Colorado than in previous games, and 0:07:01.640 --> 0:07:05.080 his sinker and change up didn't really move as much. 0:07:05.240 --> 0:07:07.600 But you know Uri has electric stuff and was able 0:07:07.960 --> 0:07:12.040 to do that. But as far as hitting goes, sometimes 0:07:12.240 --> 0:07:15.760 when opposing teams go playing in a place like Colorado, 0:07:16.320 --> 0:07:18.800 they can tend to get big because they know that 0:07:18.920 --> 0:07:21.480 they lift the ball up in the air, more than 0:07:21.560 --> 0:07:23.960 likely they hit it good, it's going to go out, 0:07:24.000 --> 0:07:26.040 so sometimes they change their approach. I didn't see that 0:07:26.040 --> 0:07:28.320 from the Marlins. I saw them keeping the same approaches 0:07:28.800 --> 0:07:30.600 and the ball was just flying out. That's the thing 0:07:30.600 --> 0:07:34.800 about being consistent, not trying to do anything different, because 0:07:35.400 --> 0:07:38.120 if you're on time and you have that same good swing, 0:07:38.560 --> 0:07:40.440 what you do in other stadiums is going to be 0:07:40.440 --> 0:07:42.600 another ten to fifteen feet more. So there's no need 0:07:42.640 --> 0:07:45.000 to try to do anything else. And that's what this 0:07:45.040 --> 0:07:47.680 young Marlins team was able to do is just just 0:07:47.760 --> 0:07:55.520 continue to establish their understanding of process and allow that 0:07:56.000 --> 0:07:58.320 to go to work, and then that's how they're able 0:07:58.600 --> 0:08:01.440 to score the amount of runs and have the performance 0:08:01.480 --> 0:08:02.680 that they've had so far. 0:08:03.920 --> 0:08:06.320 One guy I want to talk about, Isaac Whodn, fortunately 0:08:06.320 --> 0:08:09.760 just continues to struggle. Is Jacob Marcy. Really tough series 0:08:09.800 --> 0:08:12.320 for him, really tough road trip overall. But you look 0:08:12.320 --> 0:08:14.720 at all the opportunities he's had, especially in Colorado, He's 0:08:14.720 --> 0:08:17.680 had multiple opportunities with the bases loaded to get something going. 0:08:17.720 --> 0:08:20.520 And fortunately it's just a combo of like bad luck 0:08:20.680 --> 0:08:24.080 just knocking at bats. He's he has a six sixteen 0:08:24.080 --> 0:08:26.520 ops within his last two months. He has a one 0:08:26.600 --> 0:08:29.240 ninety seven batting average within those last two months as well. 0:08:29.360 --> 0:08:31.400 What do you seeing with Marcy at this point? We've 0:08:31.400 --> 0:08:33.320 seen the Martins give a quick cook to players where 0:08:33.559 --> 0:08:35.400 they send them down and then hope that they could 0:08:35.400 --> 0:08:37.840 really get things going. We saw it recently with Norby. 0:08:38.240 --> 0:08:40.760 We saw it with Burt, who's back up obviously leaders 0:08:41.120 --> 0:08:44.200 down in Jacksonville. Grand Poly's down in Jacksonville. How much 0:08:44.240 --> 0:08:48.280 longer do you think the mars will continue to have 0:08:48.440 --> 0:08:50.960 Jacob Marsiy in the lineup. He's playing almost every day too. 0:08:50.960 --> 0:08:53.600 It's not like he's a platooning, you know, he's playing 0:08:53.600 --> 0:08:55.400 almost every single day. I don't think he played yesterday 0:08:55.400 --> 0:08:57.199 for the first time in a while. But how much 0:08:57.240 --> 0:09:00.160 longer do they give Marcy? And at this point, if 0:09:00.160 --> 0:09:02.520 you're in a position where you're going to compete, you 0:09:02.520 --> 0:09:05.160 need to add to this roster. Is a center field 0:09:05.240 --> 0:09:06.720 or something you have to look for in the trade 0:09:06.720 --> 0:09:09.199 market that could hit. Because the defense in the base 0:09:09.280 --> 0:09:12.360 running isn't the problem with Marcy. It's right right now 0:09:12.600 --> 0:09:13.240 the offense. 0:09:13.280 --> 0:09:16.959 He can't hit all right. It's tough to gauge Jacob 0:09:16.960 --> 0:09:20.080 Marcy at this point, he went there was a little 0:09:20.080 --> 0:09:21.960 bit towards the end of May or early June, where 0:09:22.000 --> 0:09:24.160 he looked like he was starting to get it going 0:09:24.200 --> 0:09:27.040 a little bit. But over his last ten games, he's 0:09:27.080 --> 0:09:29.800 two for his last thirty six. He's not really walking. 0:09:30.480 --> 0:09:33.120 He just doesn't look he doesn't have that confidence at 0:09:33.120 --> 0:09:35.679 the plate at this moment right now, which is just frustrating. 0:09:35.720 --> 0:09:35.800 Now. 0:09:35.880 --> 0:09:38.760 The difference between sending a guy like him down and 0:09:38.920 --> 0:09:41.680 Connor Norby and HERBERTA. Hernandez and Akusi Ramirez is that 0:09:41.720 --> 0:09:44.160 he does add value in the other fastest of the game, 0:09:44.200 --> 0:09:47.199 which is excellent center field defense, excellent base running. I 0:09:47.240 --> 0:09:49.600 believe he leads a team in stolen bases, so it's 0:09:49.600 --> 0:09:52.000 not as much of a requirement to send him down, 0:09:52.040 --> 0:09:54.800 although it is seemingly a black hole in that lineup 0:09:54.800 --> 0:09:57.040 spot for him right now, two for his last thirty six. 0:09:57.080 --> 0:09:59.720 It's just it's especially in a place like Colorado, where 0:09:59.760 --> 0:10:02.319 you're team literally got twenty one hits in a game 0:10:02.640 --> 0:10:04.760 and you're the only one sporting a gooseg It's tough, 0:10:04.840 --> 0:10:06.680 and I think games like that really open your eyes 0:10:06.679 --> 0:10:09.439 a little bit. But I don't think they'll send him 0:10:09.480 --> 0:10:12.839 down for a while anyway, unless this really continues to 0:10:12.880 --> 0:10:15.480 snowball on him. Like I said, he does continue to 0:10:15.520 --> 0:10:18.800 provide value the other places that Codnor, norby Bert and 0:10:18.880 --> 0:10:20.599 Augusty Rimirez were not, So I think it was a 0:10:20.640 --> 0:10:22.560 little bit easier with him because they're not hitting than 0:10:22.600 --> 0:10:25.400 what else are they contributing. So with Marci, I think 0:10:25.440 --> 0:10:27.760 he's got a little bit more runway than those players did. 0:10:28.120 --> 0:10:31.120 But you're right, they're gonna have to get something going 0:10:31.200 --> 0:10:34.160 from him. Cam Ginerella, I know he's maybe talking about 0:10:34.240 --> 0:10:36.280 him later. I don't think he's anywhere close to big 0:10:36.360 --> 0:10:39.360 league ready yet. But the good thing that Miami drafted 0:10:39.440 --> 0:10:42.559 him second last year because he could be kind of 0:10:42.600 --> 0:10:44.800 a similar ballplayer to Marsity in some ways. 0:10:45.360 --> 0:10:47.760 And real quick, Isaac just wanted to touch on this. 0:10:47.840 --> 0:10:50.280 Tomorrows are carrying three catchers on their roster. Now we 0:10:50.320 --> 0:10:53.480 saw this last year. It's Brian Olveraretto, it's Joe Mack, 0:10:53.600 --> 0:10:56.199 and it's it's Liam Hicks. What do you think is 0:10:56.240 --> 0:10:57.679 the thought process behind that. I don't know if you've 0:10:57.679 --> 0:11:00.600 spoken anyone in the organization about this, because it's certainly 0:11:00.640 --> 0:11:03.160 interesting that they did this right and they decide to 0:11:03.160 --> 0:11:05.640 bring back Kicks and Grand Pauli, who to his Credit 0:11:05.679 --> 0:11:08.480 had a really good serve, Louis gets option, and now 0:11:08.480 --> 0:11:11.200 you're left with a third base combo of Leo Jimenez 0:11:11.480 --> 0:11:14.559 and Javier Sonoha. So I found that to be a 0:11:14.600 --> 0:11:17.720 little interesting because I thought Paully definitely was the best 0:11:17.720 --> 0:11:19.559 of the three, at least the better of the three. 0:11:20.960 --> 0:11:22.959 Where do you think they stand on that Navaretto did 0:11:23.000 --> 0:11:25.400 actually catch a game. I think this looks like it's 0:11:25.400 --> 0:11:27.800 more of it'll be a Hicks and Stours at first 0:11:27.840 --> 0:11:29.920 base type thing, and they'll swap the DH spot too. 0:11:30.920 --> 0:11:33.840 Yeah, that was surprising to me. Pauli going is you 0:11:33.880 --> 0:11:36.160 don't really send a guy like him, You don't call 0:11:36.240 --> 0:11:38.040 him back up just to send him back down for 0:11:38.080 --> 0:11:40.520 Liam Hicks. It just felt a little bit strange. We 0:11:40.559 --> 0:11:43.600 know how they feel about Navaretto. I think their goal 0:11:43.679 --> 0:11:46.440 is to maybe keep him post playing career in some 0:11:47.160 --> 0:11:50.360 capacity in the organization. But I'm not sure if you know, 0:11:50.400 --> 0:11:52.199 in the middle of a playoff hunt, if now is 0:11:52.240 --> 0:11:54.400 the time to be holding a roster spot. We know 0:11:54.440 --> 0:11:56.079 what he can do behind the plate. We've seen him 0:11:56.120 --> 0:11:59.440 throw a guy out already this year, But with Pauli, 0:12:01.360 --> 0:12:02.880 I'm not sure you could have showed more in his 0:12:02.960 --> 0:12:05.000 two games that he played since getting called up, and 0:12:05.000 --> 0:12:07.640 they just send him back down when he offers excellent 0:12:07.640 --> 0:12:10.199 defense at third base, left headed bat. I know they're 0:12:10.240 --> 0:12:12.960 a little bit they would like some more right handed hitting. 0:12:13.280 --> 0:12:15.520 We know that for a fact, So maybe they felt 0:12:15.520 --> 0:12:17.120 it was a little bit superfluous to have him on 0:12:17.160 --> 0:12:20.720 the roster. But it felt a little strange. I have 0:12:20.800 --> 0:12:23.839 these three catchers there splitting time when you're really not 0:12:23.880 --> 0:12:25.679 gonna put any of them at first base, with Stalwars 0:12:25.679 --> 0:12:28.720 pointing their son. It was a head scratcher for sure. 0:12:29.720 --> 0:12:31.720 All Right, So let's get into our mid season awards. 0:12:31.840 --> 0:12:34.360 We're gonna do MVP Cy Young, the best and worst 0:12:34.400 --> 0:12:38.680 loss of the season, the first first half, prospect of 0:12:38.679 --> 0:12:40.679 the year, and then at the end we'll do each 0:12:40.960 --> 0:12:43.360 one kind of like a prediction time, one realistic trade 0:12:43.400 --> 0:12:45.800 target that we think the Marlins will acquire, assuming there 0:12:45.800 --> 0:12:48.000 are in any position to buy, which at the moment 0:12:48.000 --> 0:12:51.040 they're currently tied for to that third wildcard spot, but 0:12:51.120 --> 0:12:54.400 Saint Louis does have the tiebreaker because just I think 0:12:54.400 --> 0:12:57.000 it's like a one zero point one percent higher one 0:12:57.040 --> 0:13:00.120 percentage than the Marlins. But let's start with them. V 0:13:00.679 --> 0:13:02.959 I think this one's going to be consensus. But Isaac, 0:13:02.960 --> 0:13:05.160 I'll let you start. Who is the Marlins MVP in 0:13:05.160 --> 0:13:06.200 the first half of the season. 0:13:07.880 --> 0:13:10.360 Well, it's a team leader at f WAR and it's 0:13:10.360 --> 0:13:13.559 their starting shortstop, and it's Auto Lopez. I don't think 0:13:13.679 --> 0:13:15.959 they could have They've had a better individual season in 0:13:16.400 --> 0:13:19.360 a good bit from a single player, back to back 0:13:19.400 --> 0:13:21.120 seasons over three and a half war. He's going to 0:13:21.520 --> 0:13:25.280 probably reach five this season. And it's just been really 0:13:25.320 --> 0:13:28.480 a breath of fresh air to have such tremendous upside 0:13:28.480 --> 0:13:31.079 and talent at that short supposition, so much so that 0:13:31.160 --> 0:13:33.480 we haven't seen in a long time that, I say, 0:13:33.520 --> 0:13:35.719 since Hanley Ramirez. Otto Lopez is having one hell of 0:13:35.760 --> 0:13:36.040 a year. 0:13:37.280 --> 0:13:39.320 Hey, j I'm assuming yours is Auto as well. 0:13:40.000 --> 0:13:42.400 Yeah, I mean, it's it's hard to go with anybody 0:13:42.440 --> 0:13:44.080 but Auto at this point. 0:13:44.080 --> 0:13:44.240 Man. 0:13:44.280 --> 0:13:48.600 I mean, he's he's been consistent throughout the year. I 0:13:48.600 --> 0:13:51.319 think whenever he went on this this kind of role, 0:13:52.000 --> 0:13:53.760 people were kind of thinking, all right, but how long 0:13:53.840 --> 0:13:55.440 is he gonna be able to extend this? How long 0:13:55.480 --> 0:13:58.240 is this going to keep going? And he keeps extending it. 0:13:58.280 --> 0:14:02.240 I mean, the way he takes a be's it's something 0:14:02.280 --> 0:14:05.400 that his back to ball skills is unreal it. It 0:14:05.440 --> 0:14:07.880 reminds me of sort of like an old school player. Sometimes, 0:14:07.920 --> 0:14:10.600 like he gets the two strikes, he shortens up, hits 0:14:10.600 --> 0:14:14.200 the ball to right center. He doesn't. He never seems 0:14:14.240 --> 0:14:15.960 like he's out of a of an a B. He 0:14:16.000 --> 0:14:18.400 never gives him away. Then when he's on the bass pass, 0:14:18.520 --> 0:14:21.480 he runs a bass pass really well, and he posts. 0:14:21.720 --> 0:14:25.440 He plays a premium position and he plays almost every day, 0:14:26.320 --> 0:14:28.240 and he plays it. He does a really good job 0:14:28.280 --> 0:14:31.280 at shortstops. So I think this is the spark plug 0:14:31.360 --> 0:14:36.640 for the Marlins. He's the mister consistent and uh, you know, 0:14:36.680 --> 0:14:39.800 he's a guy that I think we've we've all said 0:14:39.800 --> 0:14:42.640 this before that you know, probably has a would have 0:14:42.680 --> 0:14:44.880 had a good shot to start the All Star Game 0:14:46.120 --> 0:14:49.240 if he was on any other team, possibly because of 0:14:49.280 --> 0:14:53.280 how how great he's performing and and he's he's uh yeah, 0:14:53.280 --> 0:14:55.640 he's he's the All Star man. He's been. He's been unreal. 0:14:56.680 --> 0:15:01.520 Yeah. Auto right now leads all Baseball and batting average hits. 0:15:02.080 --> 0:15:05.800 He's tied for second in doubles. Actually, he's up there 0:15:05.800 --> 0:15:07.840 in triples as well. He has four triples this season, 0:15:07.840 --> 0:15:09.640 which they did not expect to see Otto there, but 0:15:09.680 --> 0:15:11.840 here we are. But yeah, that is the team MVP 0:15:12.000 --> 0:15:14.120 by far auto. I think he got off to a 0:15:14.160 --> 0:15:16.160 little bit of a slow start in terms of the defense, 0:15:16.200 --> 0:15:18.080 but he seems to finally be picking it up and 0:15:18.320 --> 0:15:21.240 definitely helps when you have some consistency there with your 0:15:21.280 --> 0:15:24.720 partner Xavier Edwards at second base who probably was a 0:15:24.720 --> 0:15:27.120 contender for this award as well, and I'm sure Max 0:15:27.280 --> 0:15:30.720 was too, but and Liam Hicks too. He deserves some 0:15:30.800 --> 0:15:32.760 love too. He's been really good, especially you know, came 0:15:32.760 --> 0:15:34.600 off the eel and he's been good. 0:15:35.080 --> 0:15:40.440 People dehydration sucks. Quints electrolyte stick packs to the rescue. 0:15:41.120 --> 0:15:43.760 I order them, I use them all of the. 0:15:43.760 --> 0:15:46.880 Time, somebody who may or may not have had some 0:15:46.920 --> 0:15:48.760 adult beverages in their life. 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Man, I mean so, yeah, it is Max Mayer. 0:16:52.280 --> 0:16:55.160 That's no surprise. I think if you ask most Morelands fans, 0:16:55.200 --> 0:16:58.280 they're going to say Max Mayer. And he's just been 0:16:58.400 --> 0:17:01.840 consistent man, and to be able to turn that leaf 0:17:01.880 --> 0:17:04.720 to be able to turn to flip that switch to 0:17:04.760 --> 0:17:08.960 overcome some of the things that were limited before is huge, 0:17:09.200 --> 0:17:12.320 and because because everyone that's in the big leagues has 0:17:12.359 --> 0:17:15.520 a certain ceiling that they can achieve, and it's not 0:17:15.600 --> 0:17:19.440 often that that you that you see guys achieve that ceiling. 0:17:20.119 --> 0:17:24.119 And Max Meyer is getting close. He's getting close to 0:17:24.160 --> 0:17:27.400 that ceiling to where you can see a consistency of that. 0:17:27.960 --> 0:17:32.159 And so the way he's been able to flip it mentally. Now, 0:17:32.760 --> 0:17:36.359 this last start will challenge him mentally a bit. Maybe 0:17:36.359 --> 0:17:39.800 possibly in the past, maybe one of those bad starts 0:17:39.840 --> 0:17:43.920 kind of progressing to another bad start, But I feel 0:17:43.920 --> 0:17:46.080 like he's flipped the switch with mentally to be able 0:17:46.160 --> 0:17:48.800 to flush whatever happens, whether good or bad, and go 0:17:48.840 --> 0:17:51.800 out there and be consistent. So what he's been able 0:17:51.840 --> 0:17:54.000 to do, man, I mean he matched the seat the 0:17:54.040 --> 0:17:59.679 franchise best start record with nine to zero. You know, 0:17:59.800 --> 0:18:04.000 he's worked deep into games, he's leading the rotation in 0:18:04.080 --> 0:18:08.800 strikeouts every fifth days pitched, given the team a chance 0:18:08.880 --> 0:18:14.440 to win, and you know, honestly, going down, let's say 0:18:14.480 --> 0:18:16.920 the Marlins continue on this process, He's gonna be one 0:18:16.920 --> 0:18:19.119 of the guys that's gonna help you know, get to 0:18:19.160 --> 0:18:22.359 the playoffs and help win some playoff games, you know. 0:18:22.480 --> 0:18:25.840 So you know, he's he's been everything that the Marlins needed, 0:18:25.840 --> 0:18:28.919 and it's been really really fun to watch Isaac. 0:18:29.040 --> 0:18:32.000 Is Max Smyer an extension candidate for this team. I 0:18:32.000 --> 0:18:33.960 know he's on a little on the older side of things, 0:18:33.960 --> 0:18:36.639 but when you look at extension candidates, stone though, the 0:18:36.680 --> 0:18:38.720 guys that we spoke about in the off season unfortunately 0:18:38.760 --> 0:18:41.440 just haven't lived up to that to garner an extension. 0:18:42.200 --> 0:18:43.960 And then now we're talking about like, hey, maybe Joe 0:18:44.080 --> 0:18:46.560 Mack like this is like this is a legit player, right, 0:18:47.040 --> 0:18:50.119 But Max Smyer, I mean they did something to this 0:18:50.160 --> 0:18:52.520 guy where they added these pitches. They didn't think the 0:18:52.560 --> 0:18:55.440 fastball was good enough last year, it's improved this year. 0:18:56.400 --> 0:18:59.080 I'm assuming this is also your your Cy Young. If 0:18:59.119 --> 0:19:01.399 it's not, you can mention who your sy Young is. 0:19:01.440 --> 0:19:04.680 But is this an extension candidate for the Marlins. 0:19:05.840 --> 0:19:07.960