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Speaker 1: This is the latest episode of Earning Their Stripes as always. My name is Danny Martinez alongside Ian Smith and Ethan Bodowski. Fella's Happy All Star Break, Happy Futures Game. Ethan, how you doing, man.
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Speaker 2: I'm feeling good man, coming off great weekend fourth of July. It was a lot of fun. Futures Game is great. Women's World Cup was awesome. Congratulations to those ladies for an amazing performance. And yeah, I'm ready to get back to it. Man. I missed talking with you guys last week.
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Speaker 1: What you got from me?
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Speaker 3: Ian Ah Man, thanks saying man, I feel like we've been gone for about a month and it hasn't been that long. But we'll glod to be back talking baseball with you boys. And it's been a fun week. So let's see what we got.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I've been itching for this podcast, so I'm excited. I'm excited to be back. We have a lot to talk about Futures Game. We're gonna talk a little six so Sanchez, Isan, Diaz, Monte Harrison couldn't play because he was hurt, but we'll give him some love as well. Also going to talk about what we would do with theon Diaz promotion. This is something if you've heard us before, we've spoken about it, but it continues to make its waves back into the media because whether it's Joe for Sorrow, whether it's our you know, our guy Craig Mish, or it's us. We discuss when Isan Diaz is going to be up in his number one jersey with his high knees at Marlin's Park, and then we're going to finish up with the international market. The Marlins. Again, we're a big player in the international market, so we're going to discuss that and give you some love in our segments today. Let's start off with the Futures Game. The Marlins got three selections, which is significant. It's the most of the Marlins I've ever had as being representives to the Futures Game. Six Do Sanchez, Isan Diaz, and Monte Harrison were selected. Like I said, Monte Harrison could not play because of the injury to his risk and hopefully we'll have more on that soon. But Isan Diaz and six Do Sanchez did, and my opinion is that it was just exciting to see them out there. They both flashed talent. Not that I'm going to put too much of an emphasis on how they performed, But it was nice to see all of the love that Diel's got as well as six to Ethan, I let you go first, man, what'd you think about it? Would you see? I know you were excited about it? What are your thoughts on that?
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Speaker 2: Yeah? I was, you know, with Gallon and Yams coming up recently, I've talked about how it's just so cool to just see these guys play and see these guys, you know, go about their business. And because all I see is the numbers in the box score, you know, from the day to day, so to actually see these guys in uniform on the field doing their thing was so cool. And six dows electric, man. I mean he only pitched two in the thirds inning. He gave up a run or a hit. Excuse me, I don't think he struck anybody out, but that fastball, man, I mean, he was just gunning it at one hundred. He touched one hundred a few times. I think I saw his average basketball was like ninety nine to three or something. Just ridiculous like that. I mean, and he just cocks back and just guns it, man, and it looks effortless and really, like you know, I and we talked about when you went to see him that your comparison after that was Johnny Cuato with more velocity, and Harold Reynolds on the broadcast actually made that comparison. And I completely I told you at the time that I see it, and after watching him for the first time, you know, in action, I totally see that he almost has the kind of same delivery. It just looks effortless and he just throws hard. And I loved how he was locating that slider on his arm side of the plate. He was thrown it front door to right ey's and back door to lefties and putting it right on the corner. And he's got some six stuff, man, And just like I said, and then you know, to see is San out there. Obviously I've obsessed over a San all year long, and you know I had that article while we were gone about how he should be in the bigs, and he should be in the bigs. And you know, he didn't get a hit or anything, but he made a couple of nice offensive plays. He was looking like my boy Hobby out there at second base with that tag on a great throw by I think it was Jolly bart So just yeah, I mean just seeing them was so cool, and I can't wait to see Isan. I feel like we're going to see him really soon here and so to get up just a peek at what's coming was so cool. But six soh absolutely blew me away.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, man, I mean six though, has been really exciting to watch recently. I mean, he went pitched the rough outing last week and jacksonall he's on a short rest. He went four days so we could pitch in the Futures game this week, and man was the electric Like you said, I think his fastball was ninety nine point two. I think that was just below the second in the game, below Nate Pearson's. But he's also six six two fifty. But the hit, the hit that he even six they'll give him this game with chocer Joe Adell, like he barely got a ball, barely got a bat on it. It squeaked through there, and he just looked good. He was ready to pitch. I don't think we're going to see much more of him in double A after he gets back, but it was extremely exciting to see him in this game asan man. A. Son's definitely my guy. He got bad. He's been my guy for the whole year. He looked fantastic on defense. He looked ready to play. He looked like an All Star already. I mean, he was ready to go. He was ready for the show. He's gonna be here soon. We'll talk about that more in a little bit. But it was a really exciting weekend from Marland's prospects. Being one of five teams to send three to send three players the futures game is exciting and that's something we've never done before, but see happening probably consistently in the future with the way this organization's going. But it was just a great weekend overall from Marlins for Marlins fans.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I just want to touch on that ian like, just the recognition that the Marlins are getting right now that something is, you know, actually going on here. They were obsessing over six Os Sanchez in the way that he was just touching one hundred with ease. Harold Reynolds was praising Isan Diaz and saying, you know, the way he hit the ball in batting practice is so impressive. I think it was. I think his name is Miguel Amaya, the catcher for the cub in the club's organization said that Diez took the most impressive batting practice. There were reporters out there saying that esau klew them away in batting practice, and it was like, you know, there was some weird weather, so he wasn't like sailing him out of the park. But yeah, but he was really putting the ball everywhere. And just to see these guys get the recognition they deserve and to actually hear something about Marlin's prospects was just so cool. Broadcast was great, and it was it was awesome.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, the broadcast even stated something that a lot of us have been discussing, which was, maybe we should take a break and think about these trades long term. I think that it was while Eson was up, you know, they kept gassing up and praising again, like you said, both Eson and six doh, and then they kept mentioning, oh, by the way, Sixto was in the j t Remudo trade, and Aeson was in the yell It's trade, and Monte Harrison, if he was healthy, would be here too, and suddenly these trades looked different. Before we move on to the conversation of Aeson, Diaz or whatever, final thoughts you guys have here. I'll just want to add one thing. What's really exciting to me about the Futures game is that this is really the crem of the crem, the top of the top. Yeah right, And still our guys were the ones that people remembered. I mean, Isan Diaz, that's what everyone kept talking about. You already mentioned it. But whether it was JJ Cooper, whether it was anyone from Baseball America that kept tweeting out, Eason Diaz was the most impressive swing. Eason Diiaz showed some pop. I think the joke was that the winner of uh the VP was actually the wind because the wind dropping off the balls except for Diez, you know. And then Sixto Sanchez goes out there and he looks like one of the more dominant pitchers that you saw in a game where everyone is dominant.
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Speaker 3: You know.
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Speaker 1: It's it's it's exciting to see that because we're no longer praying for our middling prospect that got chosen to represent us to maybe do something in the game and show something. No, we're seeing the top guys where the ones that people remember actually have a Marlins patch on their jersey. So it was it was really awesome to see them heavily represented. It was great that they went out there and showed their skills. Shame that Monte was hurt and couldn't you know, play in it, even though let me just give out some love really quickly to Mante Harrison and the fact that he quoted the Yeah, it was fantastic.
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Speaker 2: It was fantastic perfect I sent ahead that these guys know what's going on. Man, They know the criticism that they've taken, and they know that right now they're proven. It looks like they all came out on a mission to prove them people wrong this year because they've all been talking about it.
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Speaker 1: And it's very similar to what he said in his podcast with Us in his interview with Us, which is that you know, they might not see it coming, but we're coming, or we're coming for championships for those of those For those of you that might not understand the peanut reference on Twitter, you know, a lot of us and a lot of Marlins fans got so tired of people saying, oh, well, they traded away all these all stars for peanuts, that every single day when one of these guys would perform as they have been doing, you know, we would say, oh, that's just another peanut, or they came from the peanut factory, or you know, there's our peanut gallery right the peanut gallery. So it's awesome to see Monte Harrison have insight on that and not just have insight on it, but quote tweet with you know, the two or three peanuts and then exclamation points. So Monte keep doing that because we loved it, and I'm sure that Easton Diaz, his brother, I'm sure that the rest of the players as well, kind of our understanding that. But it's great to see them do that. While we're talking about east Ondias, I said, you know, we have spoken about this. We had an entire segment on what we would do and how we would handle the eventual promotions of Monte of Brinson. We should probably talk about his stance to a little bit, because Brinson's stance continues to change. He keeps playing with it a little bit. And Eson Diaz We've had that conversation, but things change, things are dynamic, and quite frankly, a lot of Miami media members keep bringing up the conversation of what to do with Esan, So let's bring it to this podcast. I'm gonna start with ian Ian, what do you do and what do you think are the factors around Eson Diaz's current performance versus when we see him at Marlins Park.
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Speaker 3: It's becoming more and more murky by the day, Asan is doing everything he needs to do to be in the major leagues right now, and it's just not happening due to the fact that there's somebody there playing every day at second base. Starlin Castro is still in second base in Miami and he might be there for the rest of the year with the difficulty to trade him. I mean, it's tough to say when he's gonna It's tough to say when a son's gonna come up right now. I've heard rumblings that he may be up before the end of the month. I've heard rumblings about August. He's definitely will be up in the majors this year. It's just really becoming really hard to say when seasoning has been Anial has been a comment made that he needs more time in the minors, and that could be true, but he's twenty four, about to be twenty four years old here soon. He's got an elite played discipline, he's got power, and he plays well. He plays good defense. There's not much more you can do against triple A pitching when you're hitting like this. So it's it's best to get this guy in the majors as soon as they can. But I don't think they're going to bring him U unless they can play him probably every day.
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Speaker 2: And they shouldn't, right, We shouldn't bring up d Asan to be in a platoon role, you know, or pinch hit or off the bench. He should be up and he should be playing every day because he's a part of our future. He's the second basement of the future as we all see it right now, and so when it's time for him to come to the leagues, he should be getting all the at bats. And you know I talked about I wrote this article. It was after it was part of it, you know, in relation to the Yams article I wrote, and it was after that and before since we've been on. But anyway, I wrote this article about Isan and I said in it that do whatever you can to get that spot open for Isan, because he's ready. He is ready to be here. When he came on the podcast, you know, he kind of held back when I asked him you know, is it tough to be on the doorstep and and and you know, not get that call and be performing so well and not get that call. And he kind of held back. But just now, you know, I saw a quote from him over the weekend that he said, uh, it's here. I can smell it. You know, I'm so close, and he's ready. The guy's ready. He's ready mentally, and he's ready physically, and he's ready from a baseball standpoint. So I think we need to do what we can. The Marlins should do what they can to open up that roster spot and get him in here, because he should be in here. You know, at this point, what are you really gonna get for cashtro You know, whether he hits three, you know, five home runs in the month of July, you know, what are you gonna get for him then versus now? I don't really think it's gonna It's gonna be pretty minimal no matter what you do. So I think you should just trade him for whatever you can because at this point, it's really all about opening the roster spot. It's not about getting anything in return anymore. It's about opening the roster spot. So that is San Diaz can be here every day at second base, not at third base, playing the position that he's meant to play in the major leagues, and hopefully raking the way that he's been in Triple A. Yeah.
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Speaker 1: I one hundred thousand million percent agree. I mean, number one, If he's not here by August first, after the deadline, I'll be disappointed. Okay, Yeah, if he's not here in September, I'm gonna throw a fit because here's here's the situation. Number one, Starling Castro's gone this year. Okay, number one, we retain him anyway, but his option he's gone, so you might as well get something. I don't care that if there's nothing on the table and someone says, hey, here's like two hundred and fifty thousand dollars off ifad you take it, deal like you accept it, because then he's gone. You have something for him, and you bring up Easton Diaz. For those that say he needs seasoning, do you know why you say you need seasoning because there's nothing else you could point to to leave him down there? Oh you want him to strike out less, he's at twenty percent for the year. Oh you want him to walk more, He's at twelve percent for the year. Oh, you want some more power. Nope. I mean there's nothing there for you to be able to actually pinpoint right, I say you, it's not you, Ethan. You know other individuals that say not bring him up. You know there's nothing there for you to say, well, he needs to work on that. So instead of saying that, because there's nothing to say, we say seasoning, Oh he needs some more time in TRIPLEA. He needs to get to forty home runs instead of thirty five.
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Speaker 2: You know, it's a little longer. He can be Rookie of the Year next.
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Speaker 1: Year and even on right and that I understand from a fans perspective, I could sympathize with that. I don't agree with it, but from a fan's perspective, I could sympathize with that. However, when we're talking about trying to say objective things, why he has to stay. Look, there's an argument maybe for why Monte Harrison should get a longer look, especially with these injuries. There's an argument maybe definitely for why six though shouldn't be up. There's an argument even for Lewis Brinston, even though he got demoted and is leading with ops. Ever, since being demoted. But this, you know, isan Diez is ready. He's ready. He said all the right things, He's done all the right things. On the field, He's not playing a third. If anything, he would play short before. He plays third in my eyes, because he actually has played shortstop before. So you know, this is something where obviously I'm going on a little bit of a rampage. But if the kid's not up here by August first, I'm surprised if he's not up here at all this year. Just you know, I don't know, delete me from the podcast, because I don't. I don't understand it unless and then here's where things get dirty. Unless the Marlins are going to do what other organizations have done and you know, manipulate service times that they could get an extra year next year. I don't know what their plan is. But when we're talking about.
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Speaker 3: Ready, I have some hits that coming.
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Speaker 1: Yeah. And when we're when we're talking about ready, he's ready. He doesn't need seasoning.
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Speaker 2: No. I talked about this dandy in the article where I was like, you know, if you listen to the pod, you know that I've been the biggest proponent of leaving these guys down to build their confidence in Triple A. You know, obviously I've been the biggest proponent of leaving Loud down, of leaving Monte down. But what I followed that up by saying is that they still have some concerns in their game. The strikeouts are still too high for Monte, even though he has gotten them down from last year. Lewis, Obviously, the strikeouts, you know, is the thing that we're all worried about. But he's made other adjustments that suggest something could be changing with Isan. There's nothing, there's nothing left. The strikeouts are down, he's hitting for more power, he's making way more contact, which was the one thing that we talked about last year with him was lowly only hit two forty. He's hitting in the two eighties or two nineties. He's been around there all year this year, so there's nothing left for him to prove. He's made the adjustments that we wanted to see him make. The strikeouts are lower than they have ever been, The average is higher than it's ever been. There's more power than there's ever been. Did he tie his home run record yet? Did he get to twenty yet? He did? Right?
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Speaker 3: Yeah?
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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, yeah, there's more power. Than there's ever been. There's nothing left for him to prove in Triple A. He is ready. This is the first time besides with Gallen, and with him, these guys are ready. And with Gallen it was just the waiting game for the roster spot. Now it's just the waiting game for the roster spot, and let's find it. Let's do everything we can to get this roster spot.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, and some people will point to the fact that they're now starting to use major league baseballs at Triple A, and he is in a very pro hitter friendly situation. But what he's doing he would be leading in other leagues too. I mean the contact that he's making, the OBP King right, he's always going to get on base, even if his average is low. And for what it's worth, you know, we look at certain grades, and I swear that the broadcast was about I sent this out, was about to laugh and ridicule critique. To put it in a nice way, some of the grades that Esan originally got from the grading services that the broadcast used, because him fifty across the board, I think we could make a very fair argument to say that those fifties, some of them should probably be fifty five's. I also think that we're starting to see like twenty eighty baseball Baseball America realizing that Esan's glove might actually be better than they originally gave him credit for. We got to see really two nice plays again. Not that two plays in an exhibition All Star game matters much, but it's still baseball. It's still a glove, it's still a dirt, and it's still throwing to first base, and he made really nice versus the swipe tag and then the throw across his body. I'm just beyond ready for this kid to be at base, for us to see who I think could be a future all starting. A lot of us here agree on that it's just going to be really exciting to see him. And yeah, he doesn't he doesn't need seasoning. He's he's ready to go. Ian, do you have any thoughts on this?
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Speaker 3: I mean, you guys really covered it all. I think on this one, I think we really want to see a song in Miami. I think there's really nothing else we need to do or see you to make that happen besides an open spot a second base. And as soon as that happens, we're going to see a song never leave that base for a long time.
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Speaker 2: Yeah.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's going to be exciting. Uh well, well, let's touch really quickly just if anyone has any information on Monte Harrison. The fact that he was heard of, we're expecting anything differently from him, you know, this might delay a promotion or the expectation for him to be in September. What do you guys think about this? Does this change the ETA much? Is there anything we're hearing about that or is it somewhat just you know, get ready, show what you can do and you still have a shot at being here in September.
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Speaker 3: I think he'll be here in September regardless. I think I haven't heard much on the injury front on when he will be back or anything like that, but it doesn't seem like it's the most serious injury. He's not. There's no surgery or anything like that. So I still think if he gets back and has a strong August or a pretty strong August, will be here in September. I think he'll be the last one to come up this year out of three, but I still believe he'll be in September.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think that go ahead.
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Speaker 2: Ethan, I think it's good that they're being cautious with him. Dude's raking. I think if he was playing, he'd be raking. So there's really no reason to, you know, play him right now. If he has something that's nagging him, that could become a bigger issue. And clearly it's snagged him because he's been in and out of the lineup a lot since like early June. I think it was when he made that first deal stint. But the kids raking. He was showing us what we needed to. The power was back, he was making a ton of contact. The caves were down from last year, you know, So, yeah, there's not he should be here in September just to get a look at him, and then you know, he might do kind of like what Gallin did, where goes down at the beginning of next year after spring training, but gets you know, I think he should definitely get a look here at the end of the year.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, well said I agree, all right. So then from guys that we should get a look at at the end of the year who are knocking on the big league door to fellows that we will not see for another four or five years. The Marlins were active again in the international free agency market, which is something we've spoken about here before, something that we will continue to praise and I will continue to praise from the highest mountaintops because the Marlins need to be aggressive on the international front. Last year they go, they get the consensus number one in Victor Victor Mesa. They get his younger brother, which we at some point we'll talk about because he's been doing great things with the Marlins thus far. Number one. He's a great personality him and like the Doings have already like a romance that's going on. It's going to be great to watch them, Yeah, like develop across across the years. But they follow that up a very active international freegency market with another active international free agency market and pool that they have had. They sign to the moment eleven international free agents. Okay, two of them are ranked in Pipeline. Jesse Sanchez is ranking of top international free agents. I always say that if there is one niche in baseball that I trust, it is Sanchez and the international market. He has his thumb all over this. You know. I think it was Ian who made the joke that that's the day you got to have him on your notifications in Twitter. Because he tells you know everyone who who's coming to their team. Jose Salas is a shortstop who is described as one of the most advanced baths in the pool, and the Marlins signed him. He's ranked number ten. Number twenty four on that list was another shortstop, Junior Sanchez. Then we had the report by Craig Mish that Ian Lewis, which is a shortstop as well. There's a theme here that the Marlins are targeting from the Bahamas, a very highly regarded switch hitter, was signed. And then we have this little wrinkle where the number seven overall prospect International Pool, Yidikape from Cuba, is also likely signing with Miami next year's free agency. Now this might sound similar because we had a brief conversation about this when the report first came out. However, we have to talk about it again because now these guys are signed, with the exception of Yidikape, who should sign next year. Ian, I'll let you go first. You know what does it mean for the organization to be able to bring in these guys? And I know that you were able to write on Ian Lewis. Tell us a little bit about him as well.
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Speaker 2: Well.
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Speaker 3: I think this class that they put together this year has been fantastic. Twenty eighteen twenty nineteen international free agency for the Marlins has been tremendous. It's been something that we've never seen before on this team or were really being doing our due diligence in the market and really taking time and putting effort into these guys and you're seeing results. We've never signed guys like this before ever, like I've said, like it just said, It's never happened. And to sign two top thirty guys and another guy who can stick a short stop is exciting. Ian Lewis is a guy with Bahamas who's He's coming out of a camp that's produced a bunch of young kids that are doing major things in the minor leagues right now, like Jazz his home and Lucia's Fox uh Deshaun Knowles. Guys like this a bunch of a bunch of talents young man and Ian Lewis is a switch hitter. He's got a strong right handed bat. He plays very good defense. He's got a strong arm for his sixteen year old body. But these guys are talented. AUR guy I want to talk about real quick is Junior Sanchez. He was our second He was our second highest pool pick at a little over a million dollars. He's got a bunch of tools that you can just drool over. He's got an extremely strong left handed swing. He reminds me of Alfonso Soriano a lot, which is a tough comp But he's a talented guy. Man, He's he looks really good. I don't think he's the stick at short I think he's more of a second basement or a quarter infielder, but he's talented. And the last guy I really want to talk about is an under the radar signing, and that's a right handed pitcher named Yuri Perez. Ben Badler from Baseball America posted a video, I think it was back in March, of this kid throwing, and it was Yury Perez. He's six' six at fifteen. Huge, yeah he pumps mid. Eighties he's got he's got, yeah he's got. It he's got he's got eight mid eighties. Fastball but the, real the real special pitches. Guy he's got a curveball that sits about seventy five that just. Breaks watching video on this guy looked like a much Larger Edward cabrera and if he can do anything like, that then we have an extremely talented. Guy BECAUSE i think we got him for little bit under one hundred thousand dollars and that's that's a win we. Signed we Signed edward for one hundred grand in twenty, fifteen so this could be another one just like. That it was just an extremely exciting time to see them really just signed. GUYS i was almost more excited this year with this class than last. Year we had all our eggs in one basket last, year and we succeeded and we got what we. Wanted but this year we really spread out and got a bunch of names that could be talented players in an organization for the next few. Years.
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Speaker 2: YEAH i think you make a great Point ian about spreading. Out you said it was eleven. GUYS i Think danny and they all really seem to have some, upside especially the two at the.
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Speaker 1: Top.
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Speaker 2: Uh you, Know i'm not going to pretend to know too much about you, know each individual, guy even the top. Guys but for for, me from, uh from my, perspective it's about the overall and the plan that The marlins are are are going after going with here in THE i f a market and it's something That danny you talk about all the time On, TWITTER i, know and it's something That i've advocated for a lot, too And ian you you have as. Well look at the talent that's taking over baseball right. Now so much of it has come out of the international, market and and a lot of it is you, know outfielders and middle. Infielders and SO i love what The marlins are doing going for talented guys and LIKE i, said like just so much of this young, talent and there's so much young. TALENT i was just talking about it today with a. Friend so much young talent in baseball right now is coming out of that. Market AND i just think that it's so good to see them and invested in, it to see them really really being aggressive and this year not just going after one big, guy but going after you, know a flurry of guys and really signing a load of. Talent so it's a huge part of the. Plan it's something That i've always thought was going to be a huge part of the, rebuild AND i love the way they're being aggressive with. IT i saw. Something it was that reporter you, Mentioned Danny Jesse sanchez, right. Correct, yeah he put an article, out you, know previewing the market get like the day, before and it was you, know it was a bunch of, questions you, know basic questions for people that don't really understand THE ifa, market but it was, like which teams SHOULD i expect to be most? Aggressive and when you looked at his, list it was some of the top organizations in, baseball some of the top pharm systems in, baseball The, cubs The, yankees The, reds The, giants The, rangers you, know some of these really good organizations and. Teams and then it was The, marlins and it was teams that have been doing this for a long. Time The. PADRES i think we're one of the teams, mentioned and it's been teams that have been doing this for a long. Time and then the new baby's showing up in The, marlins and they've been really aggressive the last two. Years and it's about goddamn time that we got, aggressive because it used to be we trade all OUR ifa money away for useless, trash you know WHAT i, mean just, garbage and now right and now we're taking in the money and we're spending it and we're using it. Wisely and, aggressively and it's so good to see because it's not the centerpiece of a. Rebuild, obviously the centerpiece of our rebuild personally was the trades and the assets that we. Had but it's a very nice compliment to what The marlins have done with the, draft what they did with the, trades and what they did with last YEAR'S ifa, Market and based off of the past two, YEARS i can't see it's flowing down next. Year we already Have. Cape it looks like he's coming next, year and Then i'm sure we'll be even more active next. Year so, yeah it's just it's so exciting to see us mentioned with some of those top organizations because that's how it should. Be that's what we were hoping, for and we're making our way up into that kind of, group you.
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Speaker 1: Know, yeah in an organizational change of transfer of. Owners, okay that was really mauthy to say in two different. Owners it is the single biggest in my, opinion change that we have, seen and there have been a lot of, changes but this is. Significant i'm going to hit a two, things one for each of. You, ethan you, said you know this isn't the, centerpiece, Correct this isn't the centerpiece of the. Rebuild but make no, mistake AND i know you know. This i'm just saying this for the. Audience it can Be Fernando takis was signed, Internationally Vladimir Yeah, Okunya Vladimir Guerrero. Junior Sixto sanchez was signed internationally by The. Phillies this is something that can rock your organization and turn it on ahead for the right. Way For, Ian i'll say, THIS i loved what you. Said you said that this year they didn't put all of their eggs in one. Basket they might have come out with even a, better stronger. Haul at the end of the, Line i'll even say they kind of are doing both because they got all of these guys signed and then they seem to have this agreement with who might be the prize of this year's international, market even if it's signed in next year's. Deadline Because yei kape And i'll just give him, love my Fellow. Cuban he is compared and this is a direct quote From Jesse. Sanchez he has the body frame similar to a Young carlos Career Derek jeter at a similar, age with the potential to fill as he. Develops he projects to have average to plus tools across the, board a hit of fifty, five a power of fifty, five a run of fifty, five an arm of, sixty and then average. Fielding this is not someone to be. Overlooked if The marlins really do have an agreement with, him which they, can although it will not be official right even on his profile page it's him with A marlins. Hat he had it on his, Instagram Oh marlins baseball, player even Though i'm sure his agent told him took it down and take it, down and he. Did if The marlins come out with this hall this year of signed players and they're able to Get Yitdi gape to sign next, YEAR i think the reported number is three point five at the, moment which is, significant but it shows you the talent he. HAS i, mean what an impressive international signing. Period so it hats off to. Them it's the biggest difference in my, opinion of what they've been able to do from trading it for. Scraps to bring in a bunch of a bunch of gems really is what you're hoping, for and that your developmental program can make them into a tatis into A guerrero into a six Dough so hats off to. That now let's go.
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Speaker 2: AHEAD i just want to mention one more, Thing. Danny you talked about how they can turn into the. Cornerstone two of the top five prospects in baseball right now are signed off the international free agency, market and then you can throw two more into the top. Fifteen Wander, franco the number one overall, prospect was an international, region And Luis robert was number is the number five overall prospect according to, pipeline and he was also signed off the international. Market and then you've seen What Jordan alvarez has done in the major. Leagues And Christian pasche was one of the most type prospects last. Night so all the, talent so much of the talent in baseball right, now is coming out of this and it's good to be.
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Speaker 3: Aggressive it's. Fantastic the last THING i want to say on this is last year and that during THE mesa, conference the quote From jeter was we want to be the, top that the the destination for top international, talent and that has to be the main. Focus there's no reason That miami shouldn't be main destination for international. Talent so the melting pot we have in this, community and to add these players with this flamboyant and extreme extremely talented, athletes we'd be perfect in the city Of. Miami and they're really showing a great job at going forward towards.
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Speaker 1: That and it's the one part in, baseball aside from your own personal, development it's the one part in baseball where we can really say that there is a, cap there is a. Limit the bigger teams cannot necessarily. Overspend you have your. Pool it is assigned by various different variations of what happened and how much you spent last. Year but you have a. Pool you could always go and acquire, more, right but you can't have like how The yankees would have done five or so years ago before this last previous, agreement where we're just going to buy all of our players in the international market and the lower markets that aren't going to spend aren't going to worry about. That now there's a designated. Pool so the fact that The marlins have identified this is something where they need to win and quite, frankly are doing a very good job at. It think about, This over the last, year they have won hypothetically last year's international free. AGENCY a lot of individuals have them as a top three draft class of this, year and now they come out with another great international free agency from what we see, Class so just hats off. TIME i want to get that in there before we go into our trending. Players i'm going to go With ian. FIRST i and you know we have. Time we want to get to our. Segments but if there is there anyone that you feel you want to, highlight position players pitching. Players thus far over the last ten days and then over the last month for, pitchers oh.
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Speaker 3: MAN i mean it's been a good. MONTH i, mean everybody's been playing really well so, far but a couple of guys that have really been on my mind is excuse, Me Demitrius sims is still hitting the ball very well In jack And. Jupiter it's been psychna see since he's got his call, up and that Your, danny and he's been playing really good baseball since he's been up. There i'm gonna get in a couple of trending a couple of guys THAT i was gonna do for my, list But i'm not gonna do to that. Today Milton, smith what more can you say About? Smith he just hits the. Ball he's all over it every. Day he's JUST i, mean it's exciting to. See he hasn't, started he hasn't stolen very many bases, yet but it's. Coming he's a talented young. Guy Bubba hollands and other one still hitting the. Ball HE'S i don't know why he's Stilling. Clinton it's surprising to. Me but we could see him In jupiter real soon as. Well those are my guys right. NOW i, Mean i'll talk about a few more when we gets more, segments but, yeah there's been a lot of talent the last couple last.
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Speaker 2: Month, Yeah i'm glad you brought Up milton because that dude just keeps on. Hitting and another dude that keeps on, HITTING i mean dudes that keep on. Hitting is these college guys that we brought in this. Year, MAN i, mean they just haven't stopped. Hitting. Really all they do is get on. Base they if they're not, hitting they're drawing one or two walks the. Game and all these guys are doing is getting on base and hitting the. Ball verdic's still having a pretty nice. Year edwards has kind of slowed down In, clinton but he's still hitting the ball pretty. Well it's just these guys are just you, know Raking and we talked about, it And i'll say it over and. Over these guys are pure hitters with. POWER i loved what you when we were talking about the draft, Class, danny what you said with. That and it's just these guys know how to hit the, ball they know how to get on, base and they're. Polished they've proven they can do it at a high. Level and so far in the bigs they've moved up a level and they are doing. It SO i would love to see Jd or get a call up. Soon he just keeps on hitting In. BATAVIA i don't know why he's not In clinton. YET i do a Couple, Yeah i've been saying for a couple of weeks now that he should be In, batavia but or In. Clinton excuse me of walking at a twenty percent clip over the last ten, days eight forty three, ops five stolen, bases and only six. STRIKEOUTS i, mean none of these guys really strike. Out it's. On they're just peer. Hitters they put the bat on the ball and they get on and that's what we've been looking for in this. System it's what we talked about all year is what this system, needed and now we're getting, it and they're here and they're arriving and they're, performing and it's really really.
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Speaker 1: Awesome, yeah some other guys That i'll just give you the, names not too much of the. Information Connor scott's had a pretty nice ten. Days, Also alonzo the first base prospect THAT i talk about ever once in a while as, Well like you mentioned the college guys that we just, drafted just keep on. Hitting Gabby guerrero had a nice little bounce, back and we spoke about him a little bit, before but it was nice to see him bounce back a little bit over the last ten. Days on the pitching, side if we look over the last, month two of the guys THAT i, discussed actually three of them if we Count Lewis, palacios but two of the guys THAT i discussed as an under the radar have been pretty good over the last. Month George soriano is at forty inches or forty, wow forty innings pitched over the last month one point eighty SIX. Era he has almost thirty, strikeouts only fourteen, walks and a Bitto, guerrero the young twenty one year old that we, discussed thirty seven, innings pitch two point six eight e RA, a thirty strikeouts to sixteen. Walks so some of the young guys that we have infused this organization from the bottom coming up has been performing very. Well so just JUST a continues to. Highlight we have discussed the layers of, talent the fact that any day you could open up your AM i you, know Minor League baseball, application go through the different box, scores whether It's, patavi you're A clinton Or jupiter Or, jacksonville whatever the case, is and you're going to find something to be excited. For i'll also just, say you Know Trevor, Rodgers, yeah used to Do i'll let you talk about.
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Speaker 3: It ian go for let's go. By he has been. Dominating it is. Exciting, yeah, thirty.
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Speaker 1: Go for. IT i want you to do. IT i want you to talk About.
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Speaker 3: NO i, mean, Yeah i'm Just i'm just reading. THIS i, MEAN i can't BELIEVE i passed him up. ALREADY i, MEAN i know how Good Trevor rodgers, is but he has been. FANTASTIC i mean this. Year last year he was had a rough go of it In, greensboro but he just came out and dominated his last month right. Here he's went twenty six, innings he's got thirty five k to five, Walks he's got a point six y NINETY, ira which is very. Nice he's only given up two earned. Runs he's been he's been. DOMINATING i mean he's he's probably been the best pitcher not named Ever cabrera in that rotation this. Year. Yep and it's been. Exciting and you brought Up plasios and that kid can. PITCH i, MEAN i really think he'll be In potavia. SOON i, mean there's not much. More you need to see all of them at the rookie. Level he hasn't gave up a walk this. Year he hasn't give up an earned run. Yet it's only been twelve. Innings but the kid's. Nasty just turned, nineteen And i'm excited to see what he can do on a short, season on a full.
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Speaker 1: Team and it's, FUNNY i and you spoke, about you, know Oviously trevor and the fact That eddie was there and how he's dominated and if, honestly if they weren't, dominating we could have spoken About brex And garrett this, month then he could have Been, yeah twenty three innings pitch thirty strikeouts to five. Walks that's not a. Mistake i'm not reading it. INCORRECTLY i mean that it's very, small like very, small BUT i THINK i got it. Right thirty strikeouts to five walks is, Ridiculous and every single night you have a future top of the rotation. Pitching, man it's been.
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Speaker 3: Exciting.
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Speaker 2: Man CAN i just shout? Out yams still still? Ours he's always screw, it, man it will always be, ours. Dude these last thirty day numbers are just. Ridiculous. Man, uh he's been, tremendous just night, in night. Out it's so good to. See. UH i love what he's. Doing, Man i'm so happy for. Him and AND i can't wait to See gallon back out there. Again and and WHAT i can't wait to see them keep infusing more young guys into this rotation because you see what happens when they get up, here they start. Dominating And yams has earned the right to finish the season out. HERE i THINK i.
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Speaker 3: Agree yams is just he brings such a different energy to the. Mound that's just so. Exciting. Man we haven't seen it so. Long i'm not going to bring up the last time we've seen, it but it's been extremely exciting to see what this kid's done so far in the, majors and it's been fun to. Watch his last game was so. Exciting.
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Speaker 2: Man to be honest with, you LIKE i compared him To hendrix based off the, stuff but he kind of has a similar demeanor where he's just out there going about his. BUSINESS i, mean he smiles a little, more maybe gives you a fist pumpery once in a, while but he just goes out there and deals and does his business and gets back in the dugout and then the next inving he comes back out and, man he's been so impressive for such a young kid who wasn't supposed to be here yet he has been so.
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Speaker 1: Impressive and two things to talk about, him BECAUSE i feel like we have to discuss, it like screw. It if he's not ours. ANYMORE i guess HE'S i guess technically his mind because he's he's part of this lights AND I adham as a picture of the, week so TECHNICALLY i say that we're allowed to share. Him and he hit ninety five on the gun, start which is, absurd AND i want to just say, this go for.
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Speaker 2: It that curve ball he struck Out Freddy freeman with kind of looks like some screw piece action to. It, MAN i don't know what the hell it, was but he.
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Speaker 3: Died twenty three difference off the fast curve ball he.
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Speaker 2: Made. Stupid he Made, freddy who is one of the best hitters in the, game look absolutely. Stupid so, man ah and gas some guys up in. Ninety it's been.
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Speaker 1: Beautiful here's here's my last stat before we go Into ian. Segment, okay, Yeah momoto has five. Starts he has pitched Against Saint, louis Then Saint louis, Again, Philadelphia philadelphia, again And. Atlanta here are the hit totals going in that. Order three against The, cardinals two against The, cardinals two against The, phillies two against The, phillies two Against. Atlanta he has given. Up the highest hit total he's given up is three in his first. Start it's. Ridiculous it's. Rediculous and the most he's walked is. Four the most he struck out a, seven which he has done three, times three times, times, Yep, braves and then against The phillies and against The. CARDINATES i, mean this is just this.
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Speaker 2: Ridiculous was probably his, best right mm hmm.
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Speaker 1: Oh it was to me what was most. Impressive Number, one he hit ninety. Five that's. Huge it could do the same thing AND i mentioned it. Yesterday it could do the same thing that it did For Pablo lopez with his increase in, velocity and what it possibly did For gallon over the last. Year and number, TWO i can't even imagine standing in the batter's box Against, jordan Against yams knowing that he has six pitches that he could throw at. You he could throw two variations of a curve, ball he could throw a few variations of a. Fastball like it's just absurd what he has been able to. Do i'm so proud of, him so. Unpredictable and again three, hits two, hits two, hits two, hits two, hits.
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Speaker 3: Absurd the, comebackery the comebacker he took last week and get caught was. PHENOMENAL i, mean he could have it could have been a steven ender in no, time you, Know like it was fantastic to see his instincts in the. Mound and LIKE i, said we first talked about it when he was coming. Up he has been a bulldog and he's just worked through every kind of struggle that he's. HAD i, mean was it one six' nine and believe or one nine six era and through his first, six starts it's. IT'S phenomenal, I mean i don't know what else to say. About him when he got an arsenal that deep and you can play it to that that, highest LEVEL then i mean you're gonna. Pitch well and if you can sit ninety three to ninety five, going forward then we got a special picture coming.
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Speaker 1: For, us yeah he suddenly goes from someone we'd hope to be a number five to someone that could shoot for a. NUMBER three, i mean it's it's. It's impressive and he has a hit and he HAS. An rb he got his first hit Against the braves', Last game so congrats. To him, All, right ian go forward with your h with your pitcher and hit her of.
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Speaker 3: The, Week okay well it couldna go with another Picture that i've went, with before but but he's been moved up recently and he's been pitching well the last. Two weeks And That's. Chris palemont he had a rough outing his, first week but he's followed that up with just two. Solid outings he's went fourteen and the third endings only gave up, eight hits three. Earned runs he's struck out eighteen and he's only. Walked three he's looked really good after just looking very overwhelmed at his, first start and he's dominated two, pretty good pretty. Good lineups he needed to be In the jupiter rotation for, a while there just wasn't a spot, for him and now he's really showing why he should. Be there he's pitching really Well and i'm excited to see what he can do, going forward possibly another promotion by the end of. The year and my hitter Of the year and my hitter Of the week is a guy we signed back in And, believe april and he played for, one game then he was out for. Two months now, he's back And That's eddie Alvarez. And nola he's a twenty eight year old prospect and hasn't made the, majors yet but has been dominating since he's came Into the. Mons organization he's been so Good for nola in the last three WEEKS that i got to get his season numbers he's only played in twenty, one games but he's hitting three. Forty three he's got a four to twenty three on BASE and i believe he's slugging in the. Seven hundreds he's got six runs six RBIs, excuse me slugging six. Seventy two he's only striking out at a nineteen. Percent clip he's walking in a thirteen. Percent clip he's been. Really good he's stolen. Six bases he's playing short stop right Now. With vernola he's playing. Really well and he's SOMEBODY that i had to give a little love this week because he's just playing. GREAT baseball.
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Speaker 1: I like both, of THOSE and i agree. WITH you i was gonna ask you if You thought vallamont before you mentioned it could get another promotion, this YEAR and i wasn't sure you were gonna. Say yes but it seems like at least you're. Somewhat.
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Speaker 3: OPEN yeah i feel like if he dominates with, that rotation some of those guys will be on strict, innings limits and he's a guy who really. Won't be he's throwing the one. HUNDRED innings i think back to, BACK starts i ron one hundred pitches and back to. Back starts he's, A guy they're gonna go out there and. Let throw he's a. COLLEGE arm, i mean if he dominates, GOING forward i can see him maybe at the End of august getting started To.
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Speaker 1: In jacksonville, All, RIGHT ethan i. SEE again I think i always say THIS when i like transition, to you but IT'S because i always log IN and i see exactly what you're going to, talk About and. I'm excited i'm excited because you have a lot of big names on. This One so i'm gonna let you go to the things you love.
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Speaker 2: To see, All right let's Start On independence day with a START that i. Completely missed but How About Eddie cabrera man going out and showing Out on? July fourth, six innings, two hits, no runs, three walks which, you know a little bit, new level so, you know give him some time to adjust. To that but seven strikeouts and six innings is. Just beautiful he kind of was going through the motions in his first couple Starts. In jacksonville his last start wasn't. So great he gave up, six hits, three runs two of them, were homers and he had only had. Four strikeouts but comes back and gets back into the kind of groove that he was In in jupiter that off from him, all year where he was just dominant, six innings, you know and not allowing. Any runs he'll take that every. Single time six shoutout innings to its and. Seven strikeouts so just a beautiful outing from him on a. Beautiful day it was let's talk ABOUT my. Gcl boys i'm so glad you mentioned, Them, EARLIER ian i think, it was And then danny you said they're just a romance, right NOW and i absolutely am obsessed. With Them, nasiem nunez our second round pick from, this Year And Victor, mason JUNIOR who i jokingly said was the gem of LAST season's, ifa market but all of a sudden is showing that he, might actually we might actually really have something brewing. With him in his first eleven games IN, the gcl he's got a, couple doubles he's taken, seven walks he's only struck out, Six times he's hitting two. SIXTY two i would like to see a little, more power. You know we saw a few home runs on video, from him but that will come with the he's only like seventeen. Years old And then i'm obsessed with Na. SEEING nuniaz i absolutely love. This game all.
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Speaker 1: He did this is the first step of me completing my dreams and my goals SETS since i was, a Child and i'm on the version.
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Speaker 3: Of it there's.
00:49:13
Speaker 1: My home, you know it's a, baseball field not, this news just a little, bit bigger but.
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Speaker 2: It's home he's had a he had a three walk Game on, july first Or on june. Twenty ninth he had a two walk Game on. July first he had a two walk Game on. July sixth he's got ten walks this so far in eleven games and only. Seven strikeouts he's stolen. Eight bases he's hitting two eighty two with a four to. Twenty obph he's got a couple doubles. As well so these guys have just been tremendous. So far and it's so exciting To See victor mesa junior producing as a seventeen year old facing, you know. Pro pitching, so yeah that's what we really love to see. THIS week, I mean i would love To see mesa keep racking up some extra. Base hits and it looks like these these two kids are going to have some really solid years in the gc al this year and you know how you KNOW how i Feel about eddie so exciting past a couple. Of weeks, but yeah THAT'S what i love to see most.
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Speaker 3: Right, There, OH man i was waiting For the. NAZIM stuff, I mean i've been so excited for his start this season. So, far man. SUPER encouraging, i mean being top five in, stolen bases walks and runs IS all i love to see for the first two weeks of a. Fro, Career man so if he can keep, doing that he's got two, Doubles already so let's let's leave him keep hitting the ball and he's gonna do some. Special things he's such, a, talent man. Really is and. It's, clear yeah it's it's gonna be phenomenal to see what this kid can do with.
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Speaker 2: His.
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Speaker 1: Career, yeah well when we're Talking About Victor, victor mesa, you know we spoke about that a few. Weeks past that with someone who has the best strike rate actually in. The organization he strikes out less than. Anyone else all we need to see is some power And, like ethan, we're, RIGHT right, i, mean great he's a, few doubles but it is also exactly what. We need we need to see him a little bit with a little bit. More pop if you're not going to, strike up if you're going to put ball and back, to ball then we need. Some pop so it's nice to see that with The. Same nunyas, YOU know i don't know if you guys ever collected baseball cards or if anyone else out there listening connected like collected popon cards or whatever the, Case, is Right the marlins were the kid in your. Elementary Class the marlins from a few years ago were the kids in your elementary class that came in trading cards and they had one binder with, one sleeve, nine cards and they were all. Awful cards that's What the marlins minor league system was a few. Years Ago the marlins minor league system right now is the kid who comes in and has three binders filled with fifty sheets of cards and they're all like the holographic cards or the, chrome sets but he doesn't want to trade any of them because they're. So nice THAT'S how i Feel About. Naesem Nunyas the semnunyas is a new base small card with the finest edition and it's numbered and it's CHROME and i don't want to see the Same new nius, go anywhere which is odd because we just. Drafted him we don't know what he's going. To be but he looks like the fancy card that's going to age and value. Really well he looks like he's going to Be That aussi albis Or That francisco lindor or whatever the. Case is that if there's a card that you want to hold, on to. It's him i'm so happy that you brought up him and the bromancy he Has With Victor. Mason junior, but seriously, you know we talk about like Trading for francisco lindor whatever the, case is Hypothetically. ON twitter i don't want To see newnias to. GO anywhere i really think that this is going to be the hidden gem that is going to be a perennial guy that we look at, and, say man what a steal of a draft in a Draft Where cameron MEISER And jj blede were. Taken above so it's it's. It's exciting the draft is also the theme of my under the. Radar guy we've spoken about. Him already outfielder Jd OR okay i want to read to you just a few highlights of his scouting Report From. Baseball america When the marlins, drafted him they drafted him two hundred and ninety first over on the. Tenth, Round okay or. Absolutely flies some scouts think he's a legitimate eighty, grade runner and over four Years With, right state has still win one hundred and fifteen bags in one hundred and forty. Two attempts or has no power to speak of right these are his, their words but has hit over three hundred and back to back seasons with more walks. Than, Strikeouts okay i've.
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Speaker 4: Always been blessed, with speed and a lot of people think that's the only Reason why. I'm successful but it took a lot of hard Work with paalerico just of figuring out what worked for Me.
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Speaker 1: In, baseball america let's put you to. The test in, twenty nineteen so far in his, short season and he's hitting three. Ninety, two okay so he's hitting over. Three HUNDRED his obp is almost at, five hundred he's getting on base at almost fifty percent of, the time and his slugging dips back down to four. Thirty one the one at bats he has, twenty hits with only two of them being extra, base hits so the no power that they speak of seems to. Be accurate and he has almost ten stolen bases again in. Seventeen games baseball marriage just seems to know what they're. Talking about And jd or is someone who we probably should be talking a bit more about and should be getting that. Promotion soon what do you think these numbers?
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Speaker 2: ARE stupid, i mean. Just stupid that slash line you mentioned three ninety two, four two four to. Thirty one his way to runs created plus for a guy that doesn't hit for a ton of power at one eighty two. Is insane he's walking more than he's. Striking out let's see the stolen base ten.
00:54:40
Speaker 1: To nine he has ten walks and, nine case.
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Speaker 2: He's got nine. Stolen bases just, just, AWESOME man, i mean and he's aggressive on the base patch because he's got he's already gone thirteen times in seventeen games and he's got nine. Stolen bases so these numbers. Are tremendous, and yeah he's Done. With patavio he should Be, IN clinton, i, THINK.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, i mean and, then again just find it smart to play these. Guys stuff it's becoming.
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Speaker 2: A hard thing to.
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Speaker 3: DO anymore, i mean we are putting, talent everywhere and it's just like there's really nowhere to give these guys the right the at bats, they need so they're staying in. These Spots jd or definitely should not Be. IN batavia, i mean these stats. Are ridiculous he's put he put up these Numbers, IN clinton i, feel like so it's it's it's exciting to see, these kids especially from a, small school come up and do these numbers. Like that. It's exciting ten to, NINE walks, i mean what else can you say? About that overall in his college career is one forty two to. One, eleven like that's, that's dumb, You know like the kid. JUST burned i mean just state controls the plate and then burns when he gets on flat gets on, the PADS and i love to. SEE it, i mean he's definitely been to the end of the, radar guy but he doesn't need to be in the radar.
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Speaker 1: Very, long yeah if you look at a net value of bags that he's gotten versus, he's lost so bags that he's lost would just. Be strikeouts so he went up. To plate he. Lost it he could have got, on base but he messed it up with. A strikeout he's. Had nine he's gotten all of those back in. Stolen bases he already has nine, stolen bases so he's at a he's at a zero zero sum for losing bases versus. Gaining them oh and he's walked. Ten times he's at a plus ten when you consider, those three which is very hard. To do i'm not sure even, the best really the best base runners and, the best, you know plate approach guys can have anything close. To that you're lucky if you just get to a zero in net value. With that and he's at a. Plus ten so it's exciting to see just another one of the college guys that has come on. And produced we need Even Mention. Evan edwards he continues to produce, As well verdict. AS well, i mean it's really incredible this draft and to think that the top two guys have still, not signed and. THEY will i STILL Think jj blode will Sign And cameron meisner, will sign but it is incredible to think what this draft is. Already producing it's just it's just nice. To see it's nice to see.
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Speaker 3: All right those two guys are currently the last two of this first sixty six picks to, be unsigned so it's going to be an important next couple.
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Speaker 1: Of, days yeah and The, deadline, FRIDAY right.
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Speaker 3: I plan to Be A Marlins, Park saturday so let's hope.
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Speaker 1: Something, happens, YEP yep. I would i almost want to make bets for when it's. Gonna happen I'll. TAKE wednesday i don't know if anyone wants to Take a Tuesday. Or thursday I'll take wednesday as a day that that that what are? Them sides are both of? Them sides hopefully it, happens soon, All right so before we wrap it up any any, other thoughts STOP saying i need.
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Speaker 3: THAT number i need that number one future. Jersey though it's like if they sold. THOSE online i mean they do with their BLANK but.
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Speaker 2: I need that number One blue marlin's. Jersey, tomorrow, SORRY yesterday i need. It yesterday call. Him up he should be.
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Speaker 3: Up already.
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Speaker 1: It's enough the question is whether you're also going to like go full jersey and the high knees and. Just everything i'd like to. See that i'd like to.
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Speaker 2: See that, ye be that kid'll be, that kid that kid at, the park you'll.
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Speaker 1: Be, that yes, all, right fellas it was nice to get back on the mic.
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Speaker 3: With you.
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Speaker 4: All right.
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Speaker 1: This is the latest episode of Earning Their Stripes as always. My name is Danny Martinez alongside Ian Smith and Ethan Bodowski. Fella's Happy All Star Break, Happy Futures Game. Ethan, how you doing, man.
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Speaker 2: I'm feeling good man, coming off great weekend fourth of July. It was a lot of fun. Futures Game is great. Women's World Cup was awesome. Congratulations to those ladies for an amazing performance. And yeah, I'm ready to get back to it. Man. I missed talking with you guys last week.
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Speaker 1: What you got from me?
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Speaker 3: Ian Ah Man, thanks saying man, I feel like we've been gone for about a month and it hasn't been that long. But we'll glod to be back talking baseball with you boys. And it's been a fun week. So let's see what we got.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I've been itching for this podcast, so I'm excited. I'm excited to be back. We have a lot to talk about Futures Game. We're gonna talk a little six so Sanchez, Isan, Diaz, Monte Harrison couldn't play because he was hurt, but we'll give him some love as well. Also going to talk about what we would do with theon Diaz promotion. This is something if you've heard us before, we've spoken about it, but it continues to make its waves back into the media because whether it's Joe for Sorrow, whether it's our you know, our guy Craig Mish, or it's us. We discuss when Isan Diaz is going to be up in his number one jersey with his high knees at Marlin's Park, and then we're going to finish up with the international market. The Marlins. Again, we're a big player in the international market, so we're going to discuss that and give you some love in our segments today. Let's start off with the Futures Game. The Marlins got three selections, which is significant. It's the most of the Marlins I've ever had as being representives to the Futures Game. Six Do Sanchez, Isan Diaz, and Monte Harrison were selected. Like I said, Monte Harrison could not play because of the injury to his risk and hopefully we'll have more on that soon. But Isan Diaz and six Do Sanchez did, and my opinion is that it was just exciting to see them out there. They both flashed talent. Not that I'm going to put too much of an emphasis on how they performed, But it was nice to see all of the love that Diel's got as well as six to Ethan, I let you go first, man, what'd you think about it? Would you see? I know you were excited about it? What are your thoughts on that?
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Speaker 2: Yeah? I was, you know, with Gallon and Yams coming up recently, I've talked about how it's just so cool to just see these guys play and see these guys, you know, go about their business. And because all I see is the numbers in the box score, you know, from the day to day, so to actually see these guys in uniform on the field doing their thing was so cool. And six dows electric, man. I mean he only pitched two in the thirds inning. He gave up a run or a hit. Excuse me, I don't think he struck anybody out, but that fastball, man, I mean, he was just gunning it at one hundred. He touched one hundred a few times. I think I saw his average basketball was like ninety nine to three or something. Just ridiculous like that. I mean, and he just cocks back and just guns it, man, and it looks effortless and really, like you know, I and we talked about when you went to see him that your comparison after that was Johnny Cuato with more velocity, and Harold Reynolds on the broadcast actually made that comparison. And I completely I told you at the time that I see it, and after watching him for the first time, you know, in action, I totally see that he almost has the kind of same delivery. It just looks effortless and he just throws hard. And I loved how he was locating that slider on his arm side of the plate. He was thrown it front door to right ey's and back door to lefties and putting it right on the corner. And he's got some six stuff, man, And just like I said, and then you know, to see is San out there. Obviously I've obsessed over a San all year long, and you know I had that article while we were gone about how he should be in the bigs, and he should be in the bigs. And you know, he didn't get a hit or anything, but he made a couple of nice offensive plays. He was looking like my boy Hobby out there at second base with that tag on a great throw by I think it was Jolly bart So just yeah, I mean just seeing them was so cool, and I can't wait to see Isan. I feel like we're going to see him really soon here and so to get up just a peek at what's coming was so cool. But six soh absolutely blew me away.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, man, I mean six though, has been really exciting to watch recently. I mean, he went pitched the rough outing last week and jacksonall he's on a short rest. He went four days so we could pitch in the Futures game this week, and man was the electric Like you said, I think his fastball was ninety nine point two. I think that was just below the second in the game, below Nate Pearson's. But he's also six six two fifty. But the hit, the hit that he even six they'll give him this game with chocer Joe Adell, like he barely got a ball, barely got a bat on it. It squeaked through there, and he just looked good. He was ready to pitch. I don't think we're going to see much more of him in double A after he gets back, but it was extremely exciting to see him in this game asan man. A. Son's definitely my guy. He got bad. He's been my guy for the whole year. He looked fantastic on defense. He looked ready to play. He looked like an All Star already. I mean, he was ready to go. He was ready for the show. He's gonna be here soon. We'll talk about that more in a little bit. But it was a really exciting weekend from Marland's prospects. Being one of five teams to send three to send three players the futures game is exciting and that's something we've never done before, but see happening probably consistently in the future with the way this organization's going. But it was just a great weekend overall from Marlins for Marlins fans.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I just want to touch on that ian like, just the recognition that the Marlins are getting right now that something is, you know, actually going on here. They were obsessing over six Os Sanchez in the way that he was just touching one hundred with ease. Harold Reynolds was praising Isan Diaz and saying, you know, the way he hit the ball in batting practice is so impressive. I think it was. I think his name is Miguel Amaya, the catcher for the cub in the club's organization said that Diez took the most impressive batting practice. There were reporters out there saying that esau klew them away in batting practice, and it was like, you know, there was some weird weather, so he wasn't like sailing him out of the park. But yeah, but he was really putting the ball everywhere. And just to see these guys get the recognition they deserve and to actually hear something about Marlin's prospects was just so cool. Broadcast was great, and it was it was awesome.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, the broadcast even stated something that a lot of us have been discussing, which was, maybe we should take a break and think about these trades long term. I think that it was while Eson was up, you know, they kept gassing up and praising again, like you said, both Eson and six doh, and then they kept mentioning, oh, by the way, Sixto was in the j t Remudo trade, and Aeson was in the yell It's trade, and Monte Harrison, if he was healthy, would be here too, and suddenly these trades looked different. Before we move on to the conversation of Aeson, Diaz or whatever, final thoughts you guys have here. I'll just want to add one thing. What's really exciting to me about the Futures game is that this is really the crem of the crem, the top of the top. Yeah right, And still our guys were the ones that people remembered. I mean, Isan Diaz, that's what everyone kept talking about. You already mentioned it. But whether it was JJ Cooper, whether it was anyone from Baseball America that kept tweeting out, Eason Diaz was the most impressive swing. Eason Diiaz showed some pop. I think the joke was that the winner of uh the VP was actually the wind because the wind dropping off the balls except for Diez, you know. And then Sixto Sanchez goes out there and he looks like one of the more dominant pitchers that you saw in a game where everyone is dominant.
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Speaker 3: You know.
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Speaker 1: It's it's it's exciting to see that because we're no longer praying for our middling prospect that got chosen to represent us to maybe do something in the game and show something. No, we're seeing the top guys where the ones that people remember actually have a Marlins patch on their jersey. So it was it was really awesome to see them heavily represented. It was great that they went out there and showed their skills. Shame that Monte was hurt and couldn't you know, play in it, even though let me just give out some love really quickly to Mante Harrison and the fact that he quoted the Yeah, it was fantastic.
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Speaker 2: It was fantastic perfect I sent ahead that these guys know what's going on. Man, They know the criticism that they've taken, and they know that right now they're proven. It looks like they all came out on a mission to prove them people wrong this year because they've all been talking about it.
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Speaker 1: And it's very similar to what he said in his podcast with Us in his interview with Us, which is that you know, they might not see it coming, but we're coming, or we're coming for championships for those of those For those of you that might not understand the peanut reference on Twitter, you know, a lot of us and a lot of Marlins fans got so tired of people saying, oh, well, they traded away all these all stars for peanuts, that every single day when one of these guys would perform as they have been doing, you know, we would say, oh, that's just another peanut, or they came from the peanut factory, or you know, there's our peanut gallery right the peanut gallery. So it's awesome to see Monte Harrison have insight on that and not just have insight on it, but quote tweet with you know, the two or three peanuts and then exclamation points. So Monte keep doing that because we loved it, and I'm sure that Easton Diaz, his brother, I'm sure that the rest of the players as well, kind of our understanding that. But it's great to see them do that. While we're talking about east Ondias, I said, you know, we have spoken about this. We had an entire segment on what we would do and how we would handle the eventual promotions of Monte of Brinson. We should probably talk about his stance to a little bit, because Brinson's stance continues to change. He keeps playing with it a little bit. And Eson Diaz We've had that conversation, but things change, things are dynamic, and quite frankly, a lot of Miami media members keep bringing up the conversation of what to do with Esan, So let's bring it to this podcast. I'm gonna start with ian Ian, what do you do and what do you think are the factors around Eson Diaz's current performance versus when we see him at Marlins Park.
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Speaker 3: It's becoming more and more murky by the day, Asan is doing everything he needs to do to be in the major leagues right now, and it's just not happening due to the fact that there's somebody there playing every day at second base. Starlin Castro is still in second base in Miami and he might be there for the rest of the year with the difficulty to trade him. I mean, it's tough to say when he's gonna It's tough to say when a son's gonna come up right now. I've heard rumblings that he may be up before the end of the month. I've heard rumblings about August. He's definitely will be up in the majors this year. It's just really becoming really hard to say when seasoning has been Anial has been a comment made that he needs more time in the minors, and that could be true, but he's twenty four, about to be twenty four years old here soon. He's got an elite played discipline, he's got power, and he plays well. He plays good defense. There's not much more you can do against triple A pitching when you're hitting like this. So it's it's best to get this guy in the majors as soon as they can. But I don't think they're going to bring him U unless they can play him probably every day.
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Speaker 2: And they shouldn't, right, We shouldn't bring up d Asan to be in a platoon role, you know, or pinch hit or off the bench. He should be up and he should be playing every day because he's a part of our future. He's the second basement of the future as we all see it right now, and so when it's time for him to come to the leagues, he should be getting all the at bats. And you know I talked about I wrote this article. It was after it was part of it, you know, in relation to the Yams article I wrote, and it was after that and before since we've been on. But anyway, I wrote this article about Isan and I said in it that do whatever you can to get that spot open for Isan, because he's ready. He is ready to be here. When he came on the podcast, you know, he kind of held back when I asked him you know, is it tough to be on the doorstep and and and you know, not get that call and be performing so well and not get that call. And he kind of held back. But just now, you know, I saw a quote from him over the weekend that he said, uh, it's here. I can smell it. You know, I'm so close, and he's ready. The guy's ready. He's ready mentally, and he's ready physically, and he's ready from a baseball standpoint. So I think we need to do what we can. The Marlins should do what they can to open up that roster spot and get him in here, because he should be in here. You know, at this point, what are you really gonna get for cashtro You know, whether he hits three, you know, five home runs in the month of July, you know, what are you gonna get for him then versus now? I don't really think it's gonna It's gonna be pretty minimal no matter what you do. So I think you should just trade him for whatever you can because at this point, it's really all about opening the roster spot. It's not about getting anything in return anymore. It's about opening the roster spot. So that is San Diaz can be here every day at second base, not at third base, playing the position that he's meant to play in the major leagues, and hopefully raking the way that he's been in Triple A. Yeah.
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Speaker 1: I one hundred thousand million percent agree. I mean, number one, If he's not here by August first, after the deadline, I'll be disappointed. Okay, Yeah, if he's not here in September, I'm gonna throw a fit because here's here's the situation. Number one, Starling Castro's gone this year. Okay, number one, we retain him anyway, but his option he's gone, so you might as well get something. I don't care that if there's nothing on the table and someone says, hey, here's like two hundred and fifty thousand dollars off ifad you take it, deal like you accept it, because then he's gone. You have something for him, and you bring up Easton Diaz. For those that say he needs seasoning, do you know why you say you need seasoning because there's nothing else you could point to to leave him down there? Oh you want him to strike out less, he's at twenty percent for the year. Oh you want him to walk more, He's at twelve percent for the year. Oh, you want some more power. Nope. I mean there's nothing there for you to be able to actually pinpoint right, I say you, it's not you, Ethan. You know other individuals that say not bring him up. You know there's nothing there for you to say, well, he needs to work on that. So instead of saying that, because there's nothing to say, we say seasoning, Oh he needs some more time in TRIPLEA. He needs to get to forty home runs instead of thirty five.
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Speaker 2: You know, it's a little longer. He can be Rookie of the Year next.
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Speaker 1: Year and even on right and that I understand from a fans perspective, I could sympathize with that. I don't agree with it, but from a fan's perspective, I could sympathize with that. However, when we're talking about trying to say objective things, why he has to stay. Look, there's an argument maybe for why Monte Harrison should get a longer look, especially with these injuries. There's an argument maybe definitely for why six though shouldn't be up. There's an argument even for Lewis Brinston, even though he got demoted and is leading with ops. Ever, since being demoted. But this, you know, isan Diez is ready. He's ready. He said all the right things, He's done all the right things. On the field, He's not playing a third. If anything, he would play short before. He plays third in my eyes, because he actually has played shortstop before. So you know, this is something where obviously I'm going on a little bit of a rampage. But if the kid's not up here by August first, I'm surprised if he's not up here at all this year. Just you know, I don't know, delete me from the podcast, because I don't. I don't understand it unless and then here's where things get dirty. Unless the Marlins are going to do what other organizations have done and you know, manipulate service times that they could get an extra year next year. I don't know what their plan is. But when we're talking about.
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Speaker 3: Ready, I have some hits that coming.
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Speaker 1: Yeah. And when we're when we're talking about ready, he's ready. He doesn't need seasoning.
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Speaker 2: No. I talked about this dandy in the article where I was like, you know, if you listen to the pod, you know that I've been the biggest proponent of leaving these guys down to build their confidence in Triple A. You know, obviously I've been the biggest proponent of leaving Loud down, of leaving Monte down. But what I followed that up by saying is that they still have some concerns in their game. The strikeouts are still too high for Monte, even though he has gotten them down from last year. Lewis, Obviously, the strikeouts, you know, is the thing that we're all worried about. But he's made other adjustments that suggest something could be changing with Isan. There's nothing, there's nothing left. The strikeouts are down, he's hitting for more power, he's making way more contact, which was the one thing that we talked about last year with him was lowly only hit two forty. He's hitting in the two eighties or two nineties. He's been around there all year this year, so there's nothing left for him to prove. He's made the adjustments that we wanted to see him make. The strikeouts are lower than they have ever been, The average is higher than it's ever been. There's more power than there's ever been. Did he tie his home run record yet? Did he get to twenty yet? He did? Right?
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Speaker 3: Yeah?
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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, yeah, there's more power. Than there's ever been. There's nothing left for him to prove in Triple A. He is ready. This is the first time besides with Gallen, and with him, these guys are ready. And with Gallen it was just the waiting game for the roster spot. Now it's just the waiting game for the roster spot, and let's find it. Let's do everything we can to get this roster spot.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, and some people will point to the fact that they're now starting to use major league baseballs at Triple A, and he is in a very pro hitter friendly situation. But what he's doing he would be leading in other leagues too. I mean the contact that he's making, the OBP King right, he's always going to get on base, even if his average is low. And for what it's worth, you know, we look at certain grades, and I swear that the broadcast was about I sent this out, was about to laugh and ridicule critique. To put it in a nice way, some of the grades that Esan originally got from the grading services that the broadcast used, because him fifty across the board, I think we could make a very fair argument to say that those fifties, some of them should probably be fifty five's. I also think that we're starting to see like twenty eighty baseball Baseball America realizing that Esan's glove might actually be better than they originally gave him credit for. We got to see really two nice plays again. Not that two plays in an exhibition All Star game matters much, but it's still baseball. It's still a glove, it's still a dirt, and it's still throwing to first base, and he made really nice versus the swipe tag and then the throw across his body. I'm just beyond ready for this kid to be at base, for us to see who I think could be a future all starting. A lot of us here agree on that it's just going to be really exciting to see him. And yeah, he doesn't he doesn't need seasoning. He's he's ready to go. Ian, do you have any thoughts on this?
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Speaker 3: I mean, you guys really covered it all. I think on this one, I think we really want to see a song in Miami. I think there's really nothing else we need to do or see you to make that happen besides an open spot a second base. And as soon as that happens, we're going to see a song never leave that base for a long time.
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Speaker 2: Yeah.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's going to be exciting. Uh well, well, let's touch really quickly just if anyone has any information on Monte Harrison. The fact that he was heard of, we're expecting anything differently from him, you know, this might delay a promotion or the expectation for him to be in September. What do you guys think about this? Does this change the ETA much? Is there anything we're hearing about that or is it somewhat just you know, get ready, show what you can do and you still have a shot at being here in September.
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Speaker 3: I think he'll be here in September regardless. I think I haven't heard much on the injury front on when he will be back or anything like that, but it doesn't seem like it's the most serious injury. He's not. There's no surgery or anything like that. So I still think if he gets back and has a strong August or a pretty strong August, will be here in September. I think he'll be the last one to come up this year out of three, but I still believe he'll be in September.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think that go ahead.
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Speaker 2: Ethan, I think it's good that they're being cautious with him. Dude's raking. I think if he was playing, he'd be raking. So there's really no reason to, you know, play him right now. If he has something that's nagging him, that could become a bigger issue. And clearly it's snagged him because he's been in and out of the lineup a lot since like early June. I think it was when he made that first deal stint. But the kids raking. He was showing us what we needed to. The power was back, he was making a ton of contact. The caves were down from last year, you know, So, yeah, there's not he should be here in September just to get a look at him, and then you know, he might do kind of like what Gallin did, where goes down at the beginning of next year after spring training, but gets you know, I think he should definitely get a look here at the end of the year.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, well said I agree, all right. So then from guys that we should get a look at at the end of the year who are knocking on the big league door to fellows that we will not see for another four or five years. The Marlins were active again in the international free agency market, which is something we've spoken about here before, something that we will continue to praise and I will continue to praise from the highest mountaintops because the Marlins need to be aggressive on the international front. Last year they go, they get the consensus number one in Victor Victor Mesa. They get his younger brother, which we at some point we'll talk about because he's been doing great things with the Marlins thus far. Number one. He's a great personality him and like the Doings have already like a romance that's going on. It's going to be great to watch them, Yeah, like develop across across the years. But they follow that up a very active international freegency market with another active international free agency market and pool that they have had. They sign to the moment eleven international free agents. Okay, two of them are ranked in Pipeline. Jesse Sanchez is ranking of top international free agents. I always say that if there is one niche in baseball that I trust, it is Sanchez and the international market. He has his thumb all over this. You know. I think it was Ian who made the joke that that's the day you got to have him on your notifications in Twitter. Because he tells you know everyone who who's coming to their team. Jose Salas is a shortstop who is described as one of the most advanced baths in the pool, and the Marlins signed him. He's ranked number ten. Number twenty four on that list was another shortstop, Junior Sanchez. Then we had the report by Craig Mish that Ian Lewis, which is a shortstop as well. There's a theme here that the Marlins are targeting from the Bahamas, a very highly regarded switch hitter, was signed. And then we have this little wrinkle where the number seven overall prospect International Pool, Yidikape from Cuba, is also likely signing with Miami next year's free agency. Now this might sound similar because we had a brief conversation about this when the report first came out. However, we have to talk about it again because now these guys are signed, with the exception of Yidikape, who should sign next year. Ian, I'll let you go first. You know what does it mean for the organization to be able to bring in these guys? And I know that you were able to write on Ian Lewis. Tell us a little bit about him as well.
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Speaker 2: Well.
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Speaker 3: I think this class that they put together this year has been fantastic. Twenty eighteen twenty nineteen international free agency for the Marlins has been tremendous. It's been something that we've never seen before on this team or were really being doing our due diligence in the market and really taking time and putting effort into these guys and you're seeing results. We've never signed guys like this before ever, like I've said, like it just said, It's never happened. And to sign two top thirty guys and another guy who can stick a short stop is exciting. Ian Lewis is a guy with Bahamas who's He's coming out of a camp that's produced a bunch of young kids that are doing major things in the minor leagues right now, like Jazz his home and Lucia's Fox uh Deshaun Knowles. Guys like this a bunch of a bunch of talents young man and Ian Lewis is a switch hitter. He's got a strong right handed bat. He plays very good defense. He's got a strong arm for his sixteen year old body. But these guys are talented. AUR guy I want to talk about real quick is Junior Sanchez. He was our second He was our second highest pool pick at a little over a million dollars. He's got a bunch of tools that you can just drool over. He's got an extremely strong left handed swing. He reminds me of Alfonso Soriano a lot, which is a tough comp But he's a talented guy. Man, He's he looks really good. I don't think he's the stick at short I think he's more of a second basement or a quarter infielder, but he's talented. And the last guy I really want to talk about is an under the radar signing, and that's a right handed pitcher named Yuri Perez. Ben Badler from Baseball America posted a video, I think it was back in March, of this kid throwing, and it was Yury Perez. He's six' six at fifteen. Huge, yeah he pumps mid. Eighties he's got he's got, yeah he's got. It he's got he's got eight mid eighties. Fastball but the, real the real special pitches. Guy he's got a curveball that sits about seventy five that just. Breaks watching video on this guy looked like a much Larger Edward cabrera and if he can do anything like, that then we have an extremely talented. Guy BECAUSE i think we got him for little bit under one hundred thousand dollars and that's that's a win we. Signed we Signed edward for one hundred grand in twenty, fifteen so this could be another one just like. That it was just an extremely exciting time to see them really just signed. GUYS i was almost more excited this year with this class than last. Year we had all our eggs in one basket last, year and we succeeded and we got what we. Wanted but this year we really spread out and got a bunch of names that could be talented players in an organization for the next few. Years.
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Speaker 2: YEAH i think you make a great Point ian about spreading. Out you said it was eleven. GUYS i Think danny and they all really seem to have some, upside especially the two at the.
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Speaker 1: Top.
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Speaker 2: Uh you, Know i'm not going to pretend to know too much about you, know each individual, guy even the top. Guys but for for, me from, uh from my, perspective it's about the overall and the plan that The marlins are are are going after going with here in THE i f a market and it's something That danny you talk about all the time On, TWITTER i, know and it's something That i've advocated for a lot, too And ian you you have as. Well look at the talent that's taking over baseball right. Now so much of it has come out of the international, market and and a lot of it is you, know outfielders and middle. Infielders and SO i love what The marlins are doing going for talented guys and LIKE i, said like just so much of this young, talent and there's so much young. TALENT i was just talking about it today with a. Friend so much young talent in baseball right now is coming out of that. Market AND i just think that it's so good to see them and invested in, it to see them really really being aggressive and this year not just going after one big, guy but going after you, know a flurry of guys and really signing a load of. Talent so it's a huge part of the. Plan it's something That i've always thought was going to be a huge part of the, rebuild AND i love the way they're being aggressive with. IT i saw. Something it was that reporter you, Mentioned Danny Jesse sanchez, right. Correct, yeah he put an article, out you, know previewing the market get like the day, before and it was you, know it was a bunch of, questions you, know basic questions for people that don't really understand THE ifa, market but it was, like which teams SHOULD i expect to be most? Aggressive and when you looked at his, list it was some of the top organizations in, baseball some of the top pharm systems in, baseball The, cubs The, yankees The, reds The, giants The, rangers you, know some of these really good organizations and. Teams and then it was The, marlins and it was teams that have been doing this for a long. Time The. PADRES i think we're one of the teams, mentioned and it's been teams that have been doing this for a long. Time and then the new baby's showing up in The, marlins and they've been really aggressive the last two. Years and it's about goddamn time that we got, aggressive because it used to be we trade all OUR ifa money away for useless, trash you know WHAT i, mean just, garbage and now right and now we're taking in the money and we're spending it and we're using it. Wisely and, aggressively and it's so good to see because it's not the centerpiece of a. Rebuild, obviously the centerpiece of our rebuild personally was the trades and the assets that we. Had but it's a very nice compliment to what The marlins have done with the, draft what they did with the, trades and what they did with last YEAR'S ifa, Market and based off of the past two, YEARS i can't see it's flowing down next. Year we already Have. Cape it looks like he's coming next, year and Then i'm sure we'll be even more active next. Year so, yeah it's just it's so exciting to see us mentioned with some of those top organizations because that's how it should. Be that's what we were hoping, for and we're making our way up into that kind of, group you.
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Speaker 1: Know, yeah in an organizational change of transfer of. Owners, okay that was really mauthy to say in two different. Owners it is the single biggest in my, opinion change that we have, seen and there have been a lot of, changes but this is. Significant i'm going to hit a two, things one for each of. You, ethan you, said you know this isn't the, centerpiece, Correct this isn't the centerpiece of the. Rebuild but make no, mistake AND i know you know. This i'm just saying this for the. Audience it can Be Fernando takis was signed, Internationally Vladimir Yeah, Okunya Vladimir Guerrero. Junior Sixto sanchez was signed internationally by The. Phillies this is something that can rock your organization and turn it on ahead for the right. Way For, Ian i'll say, THIS i loved what you. Said you said that this year they didn't put all of their eggs in one. Basket they might have come out with even a, better stronger. Haul at the end of the, Line i'll even say they kind of are doing both because they got all of these guys signed and then they seem to have this agreement with who might be the prize of this year's international, market even if it's signed in next year's. Deadline Because yei kape And i'll just give him, love my Fellow. Cuban he is compared and this is a direct quote From Jesse. Sanchez he has the body frame similar to a Young carlos Career Derek jeter at a similar, age with the potential to fill as he. Develops he projects to have average to plus tools across the, board a hit of fifty, five a power of fifty, five a run of fifty, five an arm of, sixty and then average. Fielding this is not someone to be. Overlooked if The marlins really do have an agreement with, him which they, can although it will not be official right even on his profile page it's him with A marlins. Hat he had it on his, Instagram Oh marlins baseball, player even Though i'm sure his agent told him took it down and take it, down and he. Did if The marlins come out with this hall this year of signed players and they're able to Get Yitdi gape to sign next, YEAR i think the reported number is three point five at the, moment which is, significant but it shows you the talent he. HAS i, mean what an impressive international signing. Period so it hats off to. Them it's the biggest difference in my, opinion of what they've been able to do from trading it for. Scraps to bring in a bunch of a bunch of gems really is what you're hoping, for and that your developmental program can make them into a tatis into A guerrero into a six Dough so hats off to. That now let's go.
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Speaker 2: AHEAD i just want to mention one more, Thing. Danny you talked about how they can turn into the. Cornerstone two of the top five prospects in baseball right now are signed off the international free agency, market and then you can throw two more into the top. Fifteen Wander, franco the number one overall, prospect was an international, region And Luis robert was number is the number five overall prospect according to, pipeline and he was also signed off the international. Market and then you've seen What Jordan alvarez has done in the major. Leagues And Christian pasche was one of the most type prospects last. Night so all the, talent so much of the talent in baseball right, now is coming out of this and it's good to be.
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Speaker 3: Aggressive it's. Fantastic the last THING i want to say on this is last year and that during THE mesa, conference the quote From jeter was we want to be the, top that the the destination for top international, talent and that has to be the main. Focus there's no reason That miami shouldn't be main destination for international. Talent so the melting pot we have in this, community and to add these players with this flamboyant and extreme extremely talented, athletes we'd be perfect in the city Of. Miami and they're really showing a great job at going forward towards.
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Speaker 1: That and it's the one part in, baseball aside from your own personal, development it's the one part in baseball where we can really say that there is a, cap there is a. Limit the bigger teams cannot necessarily. Overspend you have your. Pool it is assigned by various different variations of what happened and how much you spent last. Year but you have a. Pool you could always go and acquire, more, right but you can't have like how The yankees would have done five or so years ago before this last previous, agreement where we're just going to buy all of our players in the international market and the lower markets that aren't going to spend aren't going to worry about. That now there's a designated. Pool so the fact that The marlins have identified this is something where they need to win and quite, frankly are doing a very good job at. It think about, This over the last, year they have won hypothetically last year's international free. AGENCY a lot of individuals have them as a top three draft class of this, year and now they come out with another great international free agency from what we see, Class so just hats off. TIME i want to get that in there before we go into our trending. Players i'm going to go With ian. FIRST i and you know we have. Time we want to get to our. Segments but if there is there anyone that you feel you want to, highlight position players pitching. Players thus far over the last ten days and then over the last month for, pitchers oh.
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Speaker 3: MAN i mean it's been a good. MONTH i, mean everybody's been playing really well so, far but a couple of guys that have really been on my mind is excuse, Me Demitrius sims is still hitting the ball very well In jack And. Jupiter it's been psychna see since he's got his call, up and that Your, danny and he's been playing really good baseball since he's been up. There i'm gonna get in a couple of trending a couple of guys THAT i was gonna do for my, list But i'm not gonna do to that. Today Milton, smith what more can you say About? Smith he just hits the. Ball he's all over it every. Day he's JUST i, mean it's exciting to. See he hasn't, started he hasn't stolen very many bases, yet but it's. Coming he's a talented young. Guy Bubba hollands and other one still hitting the. Ball HE'S i don't know why he's Stilling. Clinton it's surprising to. Me but we could see him In jupiter real soon as. Well those are my guys right. NOW i, Mean i'll talk about a few more when we gets more, segments but, yeah there's been a lot of talent the last couple last.
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Speaker 2: Month, Yeah i'm glad you brought Up milton because that dude just keeps on. Hitting and another dude that keeps on, HITTING i mean dudes that keep on. Hitting is these college guys that we brought in this. Year, MAN i, mean they just haven't stopped. Hitting. Really all they do is get on. Base they if they're not, hitting they're drawing one or two walks the. Game and all these guys are doing is getting on base and hitting the. Ball verdic's still having a pretty nice. Year edwards has kind of slowed down In, clinton but he's still hitting the ball pretty. Well it's just these guys are just you, know Raking and we talked about, it And i'll say it over and. Over these guys are pure hitters with. POWER i loved what you when we were talking about the draft, Class, danny what you said with. That and it's just these guys know how to hit the, ball they know how to get on, base and they're. Polished they've proven they can do it at a high. Level and so far in the bigs they've moved up a level and they are doing. It SO i would love to see Jd or get a call up. Soon he just keeps on hitting In. BATAVIA i don't know why he's not In clinton. YET i do a Couple, Yeah i've been saying for a couple of weeks now that he should be In, batavia but or In. Clinton excuse me of walking at a twenty percent clip over the last ten, days eight forty three, ops five stolen, bases and only six. STRIKEOUTS i, mean none of these guys really strike. Out it's. On they're just peer. Hitters they put the bat on the ball and they get on and that's what we've been looking for in this. System it's what we talked about all year is what this system, needed and now we're getting, it and they're here and they're arriving and they're, performing and it's really really.
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Speaker 1: Awesome, yeah some other guys That i'll just give you the, names not too much of the. Information Connor scott's had a pretty nice ten. Days, Also alonzo the first base prospect THAT i talk about ever once in a while as, Well like you mentioned the college guys that we just, drafted just keep on. Hitting Gabby guerrero had a nice little bounce, back and we spoke about him a little bit, before but it was nice to see him bounce back a little bit over the last ten. Days on the pitching, side if we look over the last, month two of the guys THAT i, discussed actually three of them if we Count Lewis, palacios but two of the guys THAT i discussed as an under the radar have been pretty good over the last. Month George soriano is at forty inches or forty, wow forty innings pitched over the last month one point eighty SIX. Era he has almost thirty, strikeouts only fourteen, walks and a Bitto, guerrero the young twenty one year old that we, discussed thirty seven, innings pitch two point six eight e RA, a thirty strikeouts to sixteen. Walks so some of the young guys that we have infused this organization from the bottom coming up has been performing very. Well so just JUST a continues to. Highlight we have discussed the layers of, talent the fact that any day you could open up your AM i you, know Minor League baseball, application go through the different box, scores whether It's, patavi you're A clinton Or jupiter Or, jacksonville whatever the case, is and you're going to find something to be excited. For i'll also just, say you Know Trevor, Rodgers, yeah used to Do i'll let you talk about.
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Speaker 3: It ian go for let's go. By he has been. Dominating it is. Exciting, yeah, thirty.
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Speaker 1: Go for. IT i want you to do. IT i want you to talk About.
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Speaker 3: NO i, mean, Yeah i'm Just i'm just reading. THIS i, MEAN i can't BELIEVE i passed him up. ALREADY i, MEAN i know how Good Trevor rodgers, is but he has been. FANTASTIC i mean this. Year last year he was had a rough go of it In, greensboro but he just came out and dominated his last month right. Here he's went twenty six, innings he's got thirty five k to five, Walks he's got a point six y NINETY, ira which is very. Nice he's only given up two earned. Runs he's been he's been. DOMINATING i mean he's he's probably been the best pitcher not named Ever cabrera in that rotation this. Year. Yep and it's been. Exciting and you brought Up plasios and that kid can. PITCH i, MEAN i really think he'll be In potavia. SOON i, mean there's not much. More you need to see all of them at the rookie. Level he hasn't gave up a walk this. Year he hasn't give up an earned run. Yet it's only been twelve. Innings but the kid's. Nasty just turned, nineteen And i'm excited to see what he can do on a short, season on a full.
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Speaker 1: Team and it's, FUNNY i and you spoke, about you, know Oviously trevor and the fact That eddie was there and how he's dominated and if, honestly if they weren't, dominating we could have spoken About brex And garrett this, month then he could have Been, yeah twenty three innings pitch thirty strikeouts to five. Walks that's not a. Mistake i'm not reading it. INCORRECTLY i mean that it's very, small like very, small BUT i THINK i got it. Right thirty strikeouts to five walks is, Ridiculous and every single night you have a future top of the rotation. Pitching, man it's been.
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Speaker 3: Exciting.
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Speaker 2: Man CAN i just shout? Out yams still still? Ours he's always screw, it, man it will always be, ours. Dude these last thirty day numbers are just. Ridiculous. Man, uh he's been, tremendous just night, in night. Out it's so good to. See. UH i love what he's. Doing, Man i'm so happy for. Him and AND i can't wait to See gallon back out there. Again and and WHAT i can't wait to see them keep infusing more young guys into this rotation because you see what happens when they get up, here they start. Dominating And yams has earned the right to finish the season out. HERE i THINK i.
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Speaker 3: Agree yams is just he brings such a different energy to the. Mound that's just so. Exciting. Man we haven't seen it so. Long i'm not going to bring up the last time we've seen, it but it's been extremely exciting to see what this kid's done so far in the, majors and it's been fun to. Watch his last game was so. Exciting.
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Speaker 2: Man to be honest with, you LIKE i compared him To hendrix based off the, stuff but he kind of has a similar demeanor where he's just out there going about his. BUSINESS i, mean he smiles a little, more maybe gives you a fist pumpery once in a, while but he just goes out there and deals and does his business and gets back in the dugout and then the next inving he comes back out and, man he's been so impressive for such a young kid who wasn't supposed to be here yet he has been so.
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Speaker 1: Impressive and two things to talk about, him BECAUSE i feel like we have to discuss, it like screw. It if he's not ours. ANYMORE i guess HE'S i guess technically his mind because he's he's part of this lights AND I adham as a picture of the, week so TECHNICALLY i say that we're allowed to share. Him and he hit ninety five on the gun, start which is, absurd AND i want to just say, this go for.
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Speaker 2: It that curve ball he struck Out Freddy freeman with kind of looks like some screw piece action to. It, MAN i don't know what the hell it, was but he.
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Speaker 3: Died twenty three difference off the fast curve ball he.
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Speaker 2: Made. Stupid he Made, freddy who is one of the best hitters in the, game look absolutely. Stupid so, man ah and gas some guys up in. Ninety it's been.
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Speaker 1: Beautiful here's here's my last stat before we go Into ian. Segment, okay, Yeah momoto has five. Starts he has pitched Against Saint, louis Then Saint louis, Again, Philadelphia philadelphia, again And. Atlanta here are the hit totals going in that. Order three against The, cardinals two against The, cardinals two against The, phillies two against The, phillies two Against. Atlanta he has given. Up the highest hit total he's given up is three in his first. Start it's. Ridiculous it's. Rediculous and the most he's walked is. Four the most he struck out a, seven which he has done three, times three times, times, Yep, braves and then against The phillies and against The. CARDINATES i, mean this is just this.
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Speaker 2: Ridiculous was probably his, best right mm hmm.
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Speaker 1: Oh it was to me what was most. Impressive Number, one he hit ninety. Five that's. Huge it could do the same thing AND i mentioned it. Yesterday it could do the same thing that it did For Pablo lopez with his increase in, velocity and what it possibly did For gallon over the last. Year and number, TWO i can't even imagine standing in the batter's box Against, jordan Against yams knowing that he has six pitches that he could throw at. You he could throw two variations of a curve, ball he could throw a few variations of a. Fastball like it's just absurd what he has been able to. Do i'm so proud of, him so. Unpredictable and again three, hits two, hits two, hits two, hits two, hits.
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Speaker 3: Absurd the, comebackery the comebacker he took last week and get caught was. PHENOMENAL i, mean he could have it could have been a steven ender in no, time you, Know like it was fantastic to see his instincts in the. Mound and LIKE i, said we first talked about it when he was coming. Up he has been a bulldog and he's just worked through every kind of struggle that he's. HAD i, mean was it one six' nine and believe or one nine six era and through his first, six starts it's. IT'S phenomenal, I mean i don't know what else to say. About him when he got an arsenal that deep and you can play it to that that, highest LEVEL then i mean you're gonna. Pitch well and if you can sit ninety three to ninety five, going forward then we got a special picture coming.
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Speaker 1: For, us yeah he suddenly goes from someone we'd hope to be a number five to someone that could shoot for a. NUMBER three, i mean it's it's. It's impressive and he has a hit and he HAS. An rb he got his first hit Against the braves', Last game so congrats. To him, All, right ian go forward with your h with your pitcher and hit her of.
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Speaker 3: The, Week okay well it couldna go with another Picture that i've went, with before but but he's been moved up recently and he's been pitching well the last. Two weeks And That's. Chris palemont he had a rough outing his, first week but he's followed that up with just two. Solid outings he's went fourteen and the third endings only gave up, eight hits three. Earned runs he's struck out eighteen and he's only. Walked three he's looked really good after just looking very overwhelmed at his, first start and he's dominated two, pretty good pretty. Good lineups he needed to be In the jupiter rotation for, a while there just wasn't a spot, for him and now he's really showing why he should. Be there he's pitching really Well and i'm excited to see what he can do, going forward possibly another promotion by the end of. The year and my hitter Of the year and my hitter Of the week is a guy we signed back in And, believe april and he played for, one game then he was out for. Two months now, he's back And That's eddie Alvarez. And nola he's a twenty eight year old prospect and hasn't made the, majors yet but has been dominating since he's came Into the. Mons organization he's been so Good for nola in the last three WEEKS that i got to get his season numbers he's only played in twenty, one games but he's hitting three. Forty three he's got a four to twenty three on BASE and i believe he's slugging in the. Seven hundreds he's got six runs six RBIs, excuse me slugging six. Seventy two he's only striking out at a nineteen. Percent clip he's walking in a thirteen. Percent clip he's been. Really good he's stolen. Six bases he's playing short stop right Now. With vernola he's playing. Really well and he's SOMEBODY that i had to give a little love this week because he's just playing. GREAT baseball.
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Speaker 1: I like both, of THOSE and i agree. WITH you i was gonna ask you if You thought vallamont before you mentioned it could get another promotion, this YEAR and i wasn't sure you were gonna. Say yes but it seems like at least you're. Somewhat.
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Speaker 3: OPEN yeah i feel like if he dominates with, that rotation some of those guys will be on strict, innings limits and he's a guy who really. Won't be he's throwing the one. HUNDRED innings i think back to, BACK starts i ron one hundred pitches and back to. Back starts he's, A guy they're gonna go out there and. Let throw he's a. COLLEGE arm, i mean if he dominates, GOING forward i can see him maybe at the End of august getting started To.
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Speaker 1: In jacksonville, All, RIGHT ethan i. SEE again I think i always say THIS when i like transition, to you but IT'S because i always log IN and i see exactly what you're going to, talk About and. I'm excited i'm excited because you have a lot of big names on. This One so i'm gonna let you go to the things you love.
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Speaker 2: To see, All right let's Start On independence day with a START that i. Completely missed but How About Eddie cabrera man going out and showing Out on? July fourth, six innings, two hits, no runs, three walks which, you know a little bit, new level so, you know give him some time to adjust. To that but seven strikeouts and six innings is. Just beautiful he kind of was going through the motions in his first couple Starts. In jacksonville his last start wasn't. So great he gave up, six hits, three runs two of them, were homers and he had only had. Four strikeouts but comes back and gets back into the kind of groove that he was In in jupiter that off from him, all year where he was just dominant, six innings, you know and not allowing. Any runs he'll take that every. Single time six shoutout innings to its and. Seven strikeouts so just a beautiful outing from him on a. Beautiful day it was let's talk ABOUT my. Gcl boys i'm so glad you mentioned, Them, EARLIER ian i think, it was And then danny you said they're just a romance, right NOW and i absolutely am obsessed. With Them, nasiem nunez our second round pick from, this Year And Victor, mason JUNIOR who i jokingly said was the gem of LAST season's, ifa market but all of a sudden is showing that he, might actually we might actually really have something brewing. With him in his first eleven games IN, the gcl he's got a, couple doubles he's taken, seven walks he's only struck out, Six times he's hitting two. SIXTY two i would like to see a little, more power. You know we saw a few home runs on video, from him but that will come with the he's only like seventeen. Years old And then i'm obsessed with Na. SEEING nuniaz i absolutely love. This game all.
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Speaker 1: He did this is the first step of me completing my dreams and my goals SETS since i was, a Child and i'm on the version.
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Speaker 3: Of it there's.
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Speaker 1: My home, you know it's a, baseball field not, this news just a little, bit bigger but.
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Speaker 2: It's home he's had a he had a three walk Game on, july first Or on june. Twenty ninth he had a two walk Game on. July first he had a two walk Game on. July sixth he's got ten walks this so far in eleven games and only. Seven strikeouts he's stolen. Eight bases he's hitting two eighty two with a four to. Twenty obph he's got a couple doubles. As well so these guys have just been tremendous. So far and it's so exciting To See victor mesa junior producing as a seventeen year old facing, you know. Pro pitching, so yeah that's what we really love to see. THIS week, I mean i would love To see mesa keep racking up some extra. Base hits and it looks like these these two kids are going to have some really solid years in the gc al this year and you know how you KNOW how i Feel about eddie so exciting past a couple. Of weeks, but yeah THAT'S what i love to see most.
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Speaker 3: Right, There, OH man i was waiting For the. NAZIM stuff, I mean i've been so excited for his start this season. So, far man. SUPER encouraging, i mean being top five in, stolen bases walks and runs IS all i love to see for the first two weeks of a. Fro, Career man so if he can keep, doing that he's got two, Doubles already so let's let's leave him keep hitting the ball and he's gonna do some. Special things he's such, a, talent man. Really is and. It's, clear yeah it's it's gonna be phenomenal to see what this kid can do with.
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Speaker 2: His.
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Speaker 1: Career, yeah well when we're Talking About Victor, victor mesa, you know we spoke about that a few. Weeks past that with someone who has the best strike rate actually in. The organization he strikes out less than. Anyone else all we need to see is some power And, like ethan, we're, RIGHT right, i, mean great he's a, few doubles but it is also exactly what. We need we need to see him a little bit with a little bit. More pop if you're not going to, strike up if you're going to put ball and back, to ball then we need. Some pop so it's nice to see that with The. Same nunyas, YOU know i don't know if you guys ever collected baseball cards or if anyone else out there listening connected like collected popon cards or whatever the, Case, is Right the marlins were the kid in your. Elementary Class the marlins from a few years ago were the kids in your elementary class that came in trading cards and they had one binder with, one sleeve, nine cards and they were all. Awful cards that's What the marlins minor league system was a few. Years Ago the marlins minor league system right now is the kid who comes in and has three binders filled with fifty sheets of cards and they're all like the holographic cards or the, chrome sets but he doesn't want to trade any of them because they're. So nice THAT'S how i Feel About. Naesem Nunyas the semnunyas is a new base small card with the finest edition and it's numbered and it's CHROME and i don't want to see the Same new nius, go anywhere which is odd because we just. Drafted him we don't know what he's going. To be but he looks like the fancy card that's going to age and value. Really well he looks like he's going to Be That aussi albis Or That francisco lindor or whatever the. Case is that if there's a card that you want to hold, on to. It's him i'm so happy that you brought up him and the bromancy he Has With Victor. Mason junior, but seriously, you know we talk about like Trading for francisco lindor whatever the, case is Hypothetically. ON twitter i don't want To see newnias to. GO anywhere i really think that this is going to be the hidden gem that is going to be a perennial guy that we look at, and, say man what a steal of a draft in a Draft Where cameron MEISER And jj blede were. Taken above so it's it's. It's exciting the draft is also the theme of my under the. Radar guy we've spoken about. Him already outfielder Jd OR okay i want to read to you just a few highlights of his scouting Report From. Baseball america When the marlins, drafted him they drafted him two hundred and ninety first over on the. Tenth, Round okay or. Absolutely flies some scouts think he's a legitimate eighty, grade runner and over four Years With, right state has still win one hundred and fifteen bags in one hundred and forty. Two attempts or has no power to speak of right these are his, their words but has hit over three hundred and back to back seasons with more walks. Than, Strikeouts okay i've.
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Speaker 4: Always been blessed, with speed and a lot of people think that's the only Reason why. I'm successful but it took a lot of hard Work with paalerico just of figuring out what worked for Me.
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Speaker 1: In, baseball america let's put you to. The test in, twenty nineteen so far in his, short season and he's hitting three. Ninety, two okay so he's hitting over. Three HUNDRED his obp is almost at, five hundred he's getting on base at almost fifty percent of, the time and his slugging dips back down to four. Thirty one the one at bats he has, twenty hits with only two of them being extra, base hits so the no power that they speak of seems to. Be accurate and he has almost ten stolen bases again in. Seventeen games baseball marriage just seems to know what they're. Talking about And jd or is someone who we probably should be talking a bit more about and should be getting that. Promotion soon what do you think these numbers?
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Speaker 2: ARE stupid, i mean. Just stupid that slash line you mentioned three ninety two, four two four to. Thirty one his way to runs created plus for a guy that doesn't hit for a ton of power at one eighty two. Is insane he's walking more than he's. Striking out let's see the stolen base ten.
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Speaker 1: To nine he has ten walks and, nine case.
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Speaker 2: He's got nine. Stolen bases just, just, AWESOME man, i mean and he's aggressive on the base patch because he's got he's already gone thirteen times in seventeen games and he's got nine. Stolen bases so these numbers. Are tremendous, and yeah he's Done. With patavio he should Be, IN clinton, i, THINK.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, i mean and, then again just find it smart to play these. Guys stuff it's becoming.
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Speaker 2: A hard thing to.
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Speaker 3: DO anymore, i mean we are putting, talent everywhere and it's just like there's really nowhere to give these guys the right the at bats, they need so they're staying in. These Spots jd or definitely should not Be. IN batavia, i mean these stats. Are ridiculous he's put he put up these Numbers, IN clinton i, feel like so it's it's it's exciting to see, these kids especially from a, small school come up and do these numbers. Like that. It's exciting ten to, NINE walks, i mean what else can you say? About that overall in his college career is one forty two to. One, eleven like that's, that's dumb, You know like the kid. JUST burned i mean just state controls the plate and then burns when he gets on flat gets on, the PADS and i love to. SEE it, i mean he's definitely been to the end of the, radar guy but he doesn't need to be in the radar.
00:55:54
Speaker 1: Very, long yeah if you look at a net value of bags that he's gotten versus, he's lost so bags that he's lost would just. Be strikeouts so he went up. To plate he. Lost it he could have got, on base but he messed it up with. A strikeout he's. Had nine he's gotten all of those back in. Stolen bases he already has nine, stolen bases so he's at a he's at a zero zero sum for losing bases versus. Gaining them oh and he's walked. Ten times he's at a plus ten when you consider, those three which is very hard. To do i'm not sure even, the best really the best base runners and, the best, you know plate approach guys can have anything close. To that you're lucky if you just get to a zero in net value. With that and he's at a. Plus ten so it's exciting to see just another one of the college guys that has come on. And produced we need Even Mention. Evan edwards he continues to produce, As well verdict. AS well, i mean it's really incredible this draft and to think that the top two guys have still, not signed and. THEY will i STILL Think jj blode will Sign And cameron meisner, will sign but it is incredible to think what this draft is. Already producing it's just it's just nice. To see it's nice to see.
00:56:56
Speaker 3: All right those two guys are currently the last two of this first sixty six picks to, be unsigned so it's going to be an important next couple.
00:57:03
Speaker 1: Of, days yeah and The, deadline, FRIDAY right.
00:57:07
Speaker 3: I plan to Be A Marlins, Park saturday so let's hope.
00:57:10
Speaker 1: Something, happens, YEP yep. I would i almost want to make bets for when it's. Gonna happen I'll. TAKE wednesday i don't know if anyone wants to Take a Tuesday. Or thursday I'll take wednesday as a day that that that what are? Them sides are both of? Them sides hopefully it, happens soon, All right so before we wrap it up any any, other thoughts STOP saying i need.
00:57:33
Speaker 3: THAT number i need that number one future. Jersey though it's like if they sold. THOSE online i mean they do with their BLANK but.
00:57:41
Speaker 2: I need that number One blue marlin's. Jersey, tomorrow, SORRY yesterday i need. It yesterday call. Him up he should be.
00:57:51
Speaker 3: Up already.
00:57:51
Speaker 1: It's enough the question is whether you're also going to like go full jersey and the high knees and. Just everything i'd like to. See that i'd like to.
00:57:59
Speaker 2: See that, ye be that kid'll be, that kid that kid at, the park you'll.
00:58:03
Speaker 1: Be, that yes, all, right fellas it was nice to get back on the mic.
00:58:08
Speaker 3: With you.
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Speaker 4: All right.
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