FishFan95

Been a little while since I posed thread, and he went into a slump after I did so I will stop talking about him, but Marsee just got called up to AAA and went 2-5 in his debut last night.

His arm is attached to his body...

Gotta say. A guy with a good OBP because he walks more than he gets hits is exactly the type of player that I imagine the Rays get a lot of.

Ever since the Luis Arraez trade, I have been keeping an eye on the players we got in return. Almost right away, the trade looked pretty bad. Arraez nearly hit .400 in May with the Padres and the returning prospects underwhelmed. The jury will be out on this trade until we see what we've got in Dillon Head, but with him out the rest of the year, we have to look at the other guys. Woo-Suk Go has been mediocre, and Nathan Martorella has been awful. And on the face of it, Marsee has looked pretty mediocre too, but I noticed some interesting tidbits when I looked deeper into his numbers. Right off the bat, he's under the Mendoza line, hitting .191, and has a meager .664 OPS. However, I noticed that he has 29 stolen bases with only 3 caught stealings in his 3 months at Pensacola. This is largely due to his great walk rate (15.7%, more walks than hits) leading to a pretty good .355 OPB. Of course the slugging isn't great, but his wRC+ is a surprising 109 at Pensacola right now! That would mean, when adjusted by park, he is hitting 9% better than the average AA guy. And get this- his BABIP is just .236, which is like 70-80 points below his career norm. If he is getting bad BABIP luck and is still 9% above league average, then just imagine what it will be when his BABIP returns to the norm. Might have a wRC+ in the 120-130 range (around what it was in his prior seasons). To top that off, wRC+ does not include baserunning. So you are talking above average hitting with plus speed and, if MLB Pipeline scouting grades are accurate, plus defense. Might be too early to write this guy off.

He has also brought in some nobodies to the bullpen. Just like the Rays do, getting the most out of your players.

Looks like Bendix brought over some of his Rays magic bringing in Jonah Bride!

Marlins surprising have a winning record in the 2nd half vs some pretty good teams.

Pache with an RBI hit!

De Los Santos homered in his 2nd at bat in the Marlins org. Struck out in the first at bat.

Bendix knows what he's doing. The problem is that it's not trying to win...

This lines up really well for us next week, so surely we're gonna get swept...

After starting the year with the worst ERA in the majors, the Marlins have 5 shutouts in 9 games.

He did it!

Will Brax get the Maddux?

Strong outing for Brax