Continuing our series on the Marlins’ top prospects, let’s take a look at the 24-year old right-handed pitcher, Ben Meyer, who finished 2017 with High-A Jupiter.
Meyer was drafted as a college senior in the 29th round (866th overall) in the 2015 draft. The 6’6” Minnesota native out of the University of Minnesota had a successful college career which followed in the footsteps of his father, Bob Meyer. Bob was also a pitcher for the Golden Gophers, and Ben’s brother Reggie is a pitcher at UM now. All in the family, indeed.
In his senior season, he was fifth in the Big Ten in strikeouts and seventh in innings pitched while earning his team’s David Winfield Pitcher of the Year award which helped boost his draft stock.