Braves prospect retrospect: Marcus Giles

Photo by Daniel Shirey/Getty ImagesMarcus Giles erupted onto the baseball scene after sneaking to the end of the MLB Draft. A career full of injury left a lot of questions on what could have been for the former Atlanta Braves second baseman.

Let’s take a look back at the career that was.

Marcus Giles, former 53rd-rounder in the MLB draft

Yup. You read that correctly. Marcus Giles was selected in the 53rd round of the 1996 MLB draft, the same year his older brother Brian was making a name for himself in the big leagues. The Braves saw what everybody else did in Giles, a player with immense raw power but at a disadvantage with his height (or lack thereof standing at 5’7) and questionable…