Friday, June 12, 2020

Marlins Complete 2020 MLB Draft

     The Miami Marlins finished off the 2020 Major League Baseball Draft on Thursday. It consisted of players taken from the second round to the fifth round. The Fish agreed to a deal with first-round pick right-handed pitcher Max Meyer on Wednesday.
     In the second round, the Marlins went with left-handed pitcher Daxton Fulton from Mustang High School in Oklahoma for the 40th overall selection. He has not pitched since September 2019 and had Tommy John surgery. They followed that on the 61st pick with Ball State right-handed pitcher Kyle Nicolas.
     Miami choose Zach McCambley in the third round with the 75th overall pick. He is a right-handed pitcher from Coastal Carolina.
     The Fish decided on Vanderbilt left-handed pitcher Jake Eder with the 104th overall selection in the fourth round. He made a three-inning save to give the Commodores the 2019 College World Series championship. Eder played high school baseball with Atlantic for three seasons followed by Calvary Christian Academy in his senior year. He was drafted by the New York Mets in the 34th round of the 2017 MLB Draft.
     The Marlins decided on right-handed pitcher Kyle Hurt in the fifth round with the 134th overall pick. He played college baseball with the University of Southern California. His grandfather was once with the Miami Dolphins and his father Kevin Hurt played college football with Ole Miss.

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