Miami Marlins UPDATED top 10 prospects for 2019

10. Braxton Garrett, LHP

Birthday: 8/5/1997 (21)
Acquired: Draft, 1st round, 2016
Level(s): Did not pitch
Statistics: No stats

A gentle uptick in velocity by a notch or two made Braxton Garrett a hot property in the 2016 draft, climbing from a likely mid- to late-first-round pick to the 7th overall selection by the Miami Marlins.

Garrett pre-draft sat low- to mid-90s with his fastball, seeing his fastball tick up to touching 97. His best pitch was his tight-spin, high-rotation curveball. He used the pair to lead Team USA to a gold medal in fall of his senior year of high school.

The Miami Marlins gave him little use after drafting due to a heavy high school workload, making his first pitches in fall instructs, but just after he got on the field in 2017, he had to go under the knife for Tommy John surgery, costing him all of 2018.

With a mid-90s fastball and an elite curveball from the left side, Garrett at the least has the ceiling of a mid-rotation starter, but after losing essentially two full years of development, he will be behind the 8-ball, needing to move quickly and pick up his change quickly as well, something he didn’t throw a lot as a pro in his debut.