Can Scrappy Miami Marlins Upset Phillies' Expectations?
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00:02 And this next series, let's face it here, when it comes to the Marlins and Craig would be the first one to tell you,
00:09 you know, 33 and 13 in one run games and a negative run differential on a season is mind-blowing that they even have a shot in Philadelphia.
00:19 The worst odds on the board, but maybe the most value on the board with this Miami team.
00:25 What are you thinking we're going to get here in this game, in this series?
00:28 I tell you what, man, if you're a Phillies fan, this series scares you because the Marlins just can't be crushed, right?
00:36 There are at least a dozen times this series where this season where I thought, well, it was a good run, but that's it, right?
00:43 You know, when Sandy Alcantara went down, when Jorge Soler hit the aisle at the same time Alcantara did and was out for a couple of weeks,
00:49 you know, there are all these times they should have gone away.
00:51 And you look at some of the stats that they have, and you know, you wonder how they are where they are.
00:56 But look, some teams just win and some teams win no matter what happens.
01:00 And it just so happens, you know, that the Marlins have Jesus Luzardo, their best pitcher going in game one.
01:06 Zach Wheeler, look, if you're asking me for a short list of the best big game pitchers in baseball, Zach Wheeler's on that list.
01:15 But Luzardo is really good. He's kind of come into his potential this year.
01:19 And if he goes in there in Philly and throws six shutout innings, and then all of a sudden this is a bullpen game, you know,
01:25 I mean, look, in a best of three series, if you lose that first game, I don't care if you're at home or on the road,
01:31 you kind of get into panic mode a little bit. And the Phillies have big expectations.
01:35 The expectation in Philly is that they're going to finish the job that they started last year.
01:39 And all the pieces are there. They could absolutely, I think they have the best chance of beating the Braves
01:45 and representing the NL in the World Series if it's not Atlanta.
01:50 But man, the Marlins, they're just, they're scrappy and they're scary.
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