Marlins Make Key Pitching Changes Against Phillies

Uh, and here we go tonight, Zach Wheeler, who's given up 13 runs and his last three stars, Greg, but two 52 60 overnight, I'm seeing nothing but Marlon money, uh, coming in all day long. And it makes sense given what they just saw from him. It's not like they didn't have success for him here in South Florida. And there are, it might be a little sign of maybe exhaustion happening here right now with Wheeler. Yeah. I'm not really sure what's going on with Wheeler, but that, but his first, uh, poor start really of the season was, was in Miami. The Marlins got to him. The Marlins swept the Phillies here. They came back in all three games to win those games, a bullpen for Philly, just completely blew apart. And it almost blew apart for them last night too. Uh, bowling again, came in like he did in Miami and almost gave it up for a second time in the last two times that he faced them, uh, but the Marlins today opted to not start Tyler Phillips, who has been a starter for them all season long, and they're going with a lefty Cade Gibson, uh, but this is, it's, it's an interesting move and it's a little complicated for me. And, you know, I'm in the weeds a little more with Miami than anything else. And the issue for Miami, as I see going into tonight is, uh, is the same thing that went into last night, but maybe it's even more exacerbated here because if Gibson opens the game, they really don't have any lefties to get out the lefties on Philadelphia late in the game. This, this guy, John King who came in and gave up a bunch of runs yesterday. I don't think you'll see him again tonight, which leaves them, I think with no one or maybe Dax Fulden, they don't have almost anybody to get it. And the thing with this game tonight, this is what I would say is that the comeback that you saw last night from Miami, I don't think that happens tonight. I think the Marlins have to have a lead at some point today to take this game. I don't think if they fall behind, they come back like they have been. Cause I just think, uh, more runs are probably going to be scored in this game than we saw in the last night's game. And I think Miami will get a little on wheel or two, whatever they figured out the last time. I think they can do it again, but this Cade Gibson is a reliever. They'll probably pitch an inning, maybe two, get through Schwarber a first time, get through Harper a first time, get through Marsha first time, and then they'll turn it over to Phillips and hope that Phillips can have better success against Philadelphia. Cause unfortunately for Tyler, who, by the way, pitched for the Phillies and through a shutout with the Phillies two years ago, Tyler Phillips, he just has not had the same success in this park. Uh, when he puts on that Miami uniform. So as I've said throughout this, uh, this week, tomorrow is really the key game for me, I think Miami's got a good shot to win tomorrow, but tonight, you know, obviously I can't come out on the air here and say Miami is like the biggest dog of the night and baseball is going to win. I hope so. But realistically speaking, when you see something like that, you can't say that you think it's going to happen. Well, I listen, we said it yesterday on the show. I thought that too, I'm not paying two 60 for, for Sanchez as good as he was early in the season. He's missing fewer and fewer bats and his last five starts. He is not what Philadelphia has not won. Wheeler's last five starts here. In fact, he's got three losses and two, no decisions. While giving up 13 runs. So there is maybe a little fatigue involved in this. And again, running to the window to lay $2 is not how you're going to make any money in baseball, uh, betting on this sport. I can tell you that right now. And he's got nearly an 82% left on base percentage too, Greg. So, you know, all of that finds a way to work its way back to the middle at some particular point here. I'm with you. I think that maybe less runs, not more runs in this one here tonight. I'll also say this, that, that in a normal situation, uh, the Marlins wouldn't do this. They wouldn't just pull Phillips and put an opener there, but here's what's working in their favor. This is why I think, I don't know this for a fact, but I, because I'm not on the road with them, but I think this is the thinking Joe is the thinking is two things. Number one, let's unload the bullpen today. Cause we won't need it tomorrow because we have Sandy Alcantara because we know that guy's going to go seven, eight innings and Joe they're off the next day. So they, I think you can do a bullpen game. If you got Sandy the next day and nothing the day after that, I think you can kind of pull it off. So that's sort of their thinking. I'm going to take a look at the look ahead. Uh, oh, it's not, they don't, I don't see anything for tomorrow. I'll be curious about tomorrow's game. Um, what that says for Miami, but I don't see any odds currently now. I'm sorry. No, that's fine there. Uh, yeah. I don't see any either yet, but that doesn't, uh, it doesn't mean that you're not close to it here. And I think tomorrow's a great shot. Tomorrow's a great thing that happened. Yep. Anything is possible here tonight. I just would not expect crazy blowout.