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Marlins select Daxton Fulton with second-round draft pick

The Marlins began Day 2 of the 2020 MLB Draft by adding prep left-hander Daxton Fulton, envisioning him as a future staple of their major league starting rotation...should he come back healthy from Tommy John surgery.

School: Mustang High School (Okla.)—committed to University of Oklahoma

Measurables: 18 years old, 6-foot-6, 225 pounds

Pre-Draft Rankings: No. 52 (Baseball America), No. 43 (MLB Pipeline), No. 46 (2080 Baseball)

Previously Drafted? No

Slot Value: $1,856,700

Baseball America: “Suffered an elbow injury that required Tommy John surgery and ended his high school career.