It’s easy to argue that the best thing Adam Conley has going for him while gunning for a 2018 rotation spot is that he already has experience in the big leagues. It’s also easy to argue that the biggest negative that Adam Conley has going against him is that he’s had experience in the big leagues, given his big setback in 2017.
A second round pick of the Marlins in 2011 out of Washington State University (Go Cougars!), Conley hit the majors in 2015. Like fellow rotation candidate, Jacob Turner, Conley’s early tenure with the Fish showed a lot of promise, only to be met with disappointment in later seasons.