Craig Misch

You know, listen, every team is different.

This team offensively, I would say the way it's different is it's very top heavy.

They have about three or four players right now who are performing way above what any projection system would have had and could be potential all-stars if they keep this up.

And from a pitching perspective, on the flip side, I think with the exception of this series that they just got done with against the Mets,

You would say that pitching-wise, a little bit of a disappointment where their rankings would be more toward the bottom where they probably expected to be toward the top.

So generally, they've relied very heavily on pitching in the past.

It's just the nature of their player development and the way that things have worked out.

But ironically, their hitting has actually taken a pretty big step forward with a few players that have sort of come out of nowhere this year.

Yeah, he's just a lot of infield hits, by the way, to a lot of infield hits.

So, you know, he's basically been putting them in spots where the defenders have to run and make a play.

And he's got a lot of speed.

So I don't know if this is necessarily sustainable for him to be the nationally leading hitter.

But I don't think there's any doubt that this was a huge score for Miami, getting him almost essentially for nothing.

And he's.

Not only just an everyday shortstop, but a potential high-end shortstop in baseball who will have a very high war at the end of the season, offensively, defensively.

He's been able to do it all.

A little less pop over the last few weeks than he had earlier in the season, but certainly when you get somebody for nothing like this that's playing at this level, it's a credit to the organization.

Yeah, he's still very hot and cold.

I thought he had a good series against the Mets, but his game has been...

as far as making contact.