With that in mind, it’s only natural to posit who may be the first few pitchers called up when injury or other misfortune befalls the starting five. For our purposes, we’re going to set the Marlins Opening Day rotation as Sandy Alcantara, Caleb Smith, Pablo Lopez, Jordan Yamamoto, and Robert Dugger, with Elieser Hernandez in the bullpen for spot starts as needed.
Who then, receives the first call?
23-year-old Nick Neidert is the conventional choice for next man up.