If you research Baseball America’s Rule 5 Draft Preview, you’ll find a Houston Astros pitcher on the lead art of the page. That player, widely considered one of the top two pitchers available in this year’s MLB Rule 5 Draft, will now be wearing #OurColores on Opening Day.
With the 4th overall pick on Thursday, the Miami Marlins selected RHP Riley Ferrell. They passed on their pick in the second round of the draft’s major league phase and sat out the entire minor league phase.
To keep it brief: this is a good-to-great pick for the Marlins brass.