In the wake of the news late last year (weird to say) that the Marlins had re-acquired Jacob Turner (signed to a minor league contract), it got me thinking about the power of nostalgia acts.
No, not for Turner himself. He was reasonably effective in 20 starts for the Marlins in the lost 2013 season, with a 3.74 ERA/4.43 FIP, but then fell off a cliff in 2014 and has since bounced around, playing swingman for the Washington Nationals last season. Still only 26, he’s a good buy-low candidate to stock the still pitching-deficient farm system with in hopes that he might provide some value as a starter or in the pen.