Where are they now?
With the Marlins roster totally transformed over 6 years, where'd everyone go?
One down, 161 to go.
While a disappointing way to ring in the new year, yesterday’s 5-3 loss to the Mets was a chance for Marlins fans to welcome some new faces to the ballclub and welcome back the returning core.
As I pointed out in a Substack chat yesterday, with the departures of Miguel Rojas and Brian Anderson this winter, there is not a single player on the Marlins’ major league roster to begin the year who played in the big leagues for Miami before the sale of the team at the end of the 2017 season.
Edward Cabrera signed as an international free agent in 2015, and Braxton Garrett (2016) and Trevor Rogers (2017) were drafted prior to the ownership change. But they didn’t reach the big leagues until after the sale. Every other member of the Opening Day roster was acquired under Bruce Sherman’s ownership.
As I wrote Tuesday, this is Sherman’s team.
So where are all those former Marlins at the start of the 2023 season?
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