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4 years after trade, former Marlins teammates Yelich and Rojas reconnect

Miguel Rojas admits that he is unlikely to have a future as a baseball scout. Entering the 2013 season, Marlins outfielder Christian Yelich was widely regarded as one of the very best prospects in the sport. But when Rojas got to see the then-21-year-old up close during a series in April, “Yeli didn’t really impress me that much,” he says on Monday’s episode of The Chris Rose Rotation.

Yelich was playing center field during those five games between the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp and Chattanooga Lookouts (April 20-24, 2013).