News this week that left-handed pitcher Trevor Rogers made his Marlins debut — 11 months after being drafted — was a reminder of the organization’s interesting, and often unlucky, recent history with first-round draft picks.
Of the 10 players selected by Miami in the first round of past 10 MLB amateur drafts, none are with the Marlins’ big club or in the upper levels of the Marlins’ system — the byproduct of tragedy (Jose Fernandez), trades (Christian Yelich, Andrew Heaney, Colin Moran, Josh Naylor), busts (Kyle Skipworth, Chad James) and health problems (Tyler Kolek, Braxton Garrett).
A recap of each one:
2008: Catcher Kyle Skipworth.