Throughout the 2018/2019 offseason, Marlin Maniac will devote one article each for every player who appeared in the Miami Marlins system for the 2018 season. Every. Single. Player. This is Part 187 of 286. For the first 100, click here.
James Edison Buckelew is a 6’2″, 155 lb. left-handed reliever from Suwanee, Georgia. If Buckelew gets to the major leagues, he’ll the the second Suwanee native to make it there, behind Charlie Blackmon.
Buckelew was born on August 4th, 1991, and in 2010 was drafted in the 45th round of the MLB Amateur Draft by the Minnesota Twins, out of Collins Hill HS.