Miami Marlins
Day One
Round 1, Overall 13 – Connor Scott, OF, Florida HS
Round 2, Overall 53 – Osiris Johnson, SS, California HS
Round 2s, Overall 69 – Will Banfield, C, Georgia HS
The Marlins got a trio of big upside guys on the first day of the 2018 MLB draft. Scott has a tremendous amount of speed and defense now with a chance to develop average power to go along with it. Johnson is a very exciting player with a ton of ceiling. Banfield is tremendously advanced behind the plate with raw power at the plate, but some worry about how he’ll get to that power.
Day Two
Round 3, Overall 89 – Tristan Pompey, OF, Kentucky
Round 4, Overall 117 – Nick Fortes, C, Mississippi
Round 5, Overall 147 – Chris Vallimont, RHP, Mercyhurst
Round 6, Overall 177 – Cameron Barstad, C, California HS
Round 7, Overall 207 – Cason Sherrod, RHP, Texas A&M
Round 8, Overall 237 – Peyton Culbertson, RHP, Arkansas State
Round 9, Overall 267 – Jake Walters, RHP, Alabama
Round 10, Overall 297 – Tanner Andrews, RHP, Purdue
The Marlins grabbed one of the better contact hitters in college in Pompey, who struggled in the second half of the season and really never saw his power tick up to match his contact skills. Culbertson is an impressive arm that can touch triple digits in short bursts and has struggled with control as a starter. He could become a very useful reliever.
Day Three
Round 11, Overall 327 – Davis Bradshaw, OF Meridian JuCo
Round 12, Overall 357 – Zack Leban, RHP, Kansas
Round 13, Overall 387 – Keegan Fish, C, Ohio HS
Round 14, Overall 417 – Eli Villalobos, RHP, Long Beach State
Round 15, Overall 447 – Zach Greene, RHP, South Alabama
Round 16, Overall 477 – Sam Bordner, RHP, Louisville
Round 17, Overall 507 – Alex Vesia, LHP, Cal State East Bay
Round 18, Overall 537 – Zach Wolf, RHP, Seattle
Round 19, Overall 567 – Justin Evans, RHP, Columbus State
Round 20, Overall 597 – Cam Baird, RHP, Texas State
Round 21, Overall 627 – Connor Grant, OF, North Greenville
Round 22, Overall 657 – Milton Smith, OF, Meridian JuCo
Round 23, Overall 687 – Giovanni Lopez, RHP, Missouri
Round 24, Overall 717 – Nathan Alexander, RHP, Texas-San Antonio
Round 25, Overall 747 – Luke Jarvis, SS, Auburn
Round 26, Overall 777 – Tyler Jones, RHP, Wichita State
Round 27, Overall 807 – Harrison DiNicola, OF, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Round 28, Overall 837 – Gunnar Schubert, SS, Gonzaga
Round 29, Overall 867 – C.J. Carter, RHP, Troy
Round 30, Overall 897 – Garrett McDaniels, LHP, South Carolina HS
Round 31, Overall 927 – Steve Scott, OF, Vanderbilt
Round 32, Overall 957 – Jake Norton, RHP, Stephen F. Austin State
Round 33, Overall 987 – Andrew Martinez, SS, UC Santa Barbara
Round 34, Overall 1017 – Joe Strzelecki, RHP, Nova Southeastern
Round 35, Overall 1047 – Jackson Rose, RHP, Minnesota
Round 36, Overall 1077 – Riley Egloff, RHP, Colorado HS
Round 37, Overall 1107 – Robby Martin, OF, Florida HS
Round 38, Overall 1137 – Bryce Miller, RHP, Blinn JuCo
Round 39, Overall 1167 – Andrew Turner, 3B, Long Island
Round 40, Overall 1197 – Andrew Miller, LHP, Kentucky
The Marlins went after relievers heavy on day 3, headlined by Kansas fireballer Leban, who can pump out upper 90s with a big frame to back it up. Interestingly, the Marlins selected Andrew Turner out of Long Island in the 40th round in 2017. A year later, they took him just one round earlier.
Overall Outlook
The Marlins went big with upside on day one, and that really set the tone for the rest of their 2018 MLB draft. They should see a few of the pitchers picked later on make an impact at some point in a bullpen, though.
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