Corey Dickerson is a six-foot-one, 210 lb. left-handed batting and right-handed throwing left fielder from McComb, MS. On January 7th, Dickerson signed a two-year, $17.5 million deal to play baseball for the Miami Marlins.
Now 30-years-old and turning 31 in May, Dickerson was twice drafted by the Colorado Rockies, in the 29th round in 2009 and again in the eighth round a year later. Three seasons later, he made his major league debut for Colorado, and in the end played 265 contests through the 2015 campaign. He hit .299/.345/.534, with 39 homers and 124 RBI.
Prior to the following Spring Training, the Rockies traded Dickerson with Kevin Padlo to the Tampa Bay Rays for Jake McGee and German Marquez.