Made official on the eve of MLB Opening Day, meet your 2019 Miami Marlins active roster:
For comparison’s sake, here is the 2018 squad (courtesy of Roster Resource):
These are the exact same 25 players who were projected to make it Monday afternoon, though there were several surprising twists during the days leading up to that.
Featured prominently in the Marlins’ community events and offseason marketing, South Florida native Peter O’Brien was optioned to Triple-A New Orleans on Saturday. He had an inconsistent spring, whereas Cooper lit it up to seize the corner outfielder platoon role from him.