Opening Day age: 24 | Bats: right | Throws: right | Listed at 6-4, 220 lbs.
Acquired by Marlins from Diamondbacks in a trade (December 12, 2020)
For much of the offseason, Zach Pop had the distinction of being the most mysterious man on the Marlins 40-man roster.
Pop underwent Tommy John surgery on May 14, 2019. Ordinarily, a reliever in that situation would—assuming no severe setbacks during rehab—be able to salvage something from the following season. Unfortunately, there was no Minor League Baseball in 2020 due to COVID-19. So when the Marlins made their move for him last December (essentially “trading up” in the Rule 5 draft), they had only a vague idea of what the quality of his stuff would be moving forward and how opposing batters would fare against it.