Podcast: Can Luis Arraez really hit .400 for a season? And what is sparking Marlins’ success?

It’s early June, a little more than two months into the Major League Baseball season, and Luis Arraez’s batting average is ... what?

Yes, it’s not a typo. Luis Arraez, the Miami Marlins’ hit-collecting second baseman, is batting .399 more than one-third of the way through the season. He’s putting up a compelling case to potentially become the first MLB player since Ted Williams in 1942 to hit at least .400 over the course of a season.

That trade with the Minnesota Twins this offseason seems to be working out just fine.

Now to pan out to the bigger picture.

It’s early June, a little more than two months into the Major League Baseball season, and the Marlins’ record is ... what?

Yes, it’s also not a typo. The Marlins are 33-28, five games over .500, in second place in the National League East and have the fifth-best record overall in the National League.

How is this happening, both individually with Arraez and overall with the Marlins?

Jordan McPherson, the Miami Herald’s Marlins beat writer, dives into both topics on the latest episode of Fish Bytes.