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Miami Marlins Season in Review: Chad Wallach’s 2018 Report Card

Chad Arthur Wallach is a 6’3″, 230 lb. catcher and first baseman from Orange, CA. The city of Orange has produced two dozen major leaguers, including Freddie Freeman, Mike Sweeney, and Mark Trumbo. Also, as if you didn’t already know, Wallach has a major league pedigree thanks to father (and Marlins bench coach) Tim Wallach.

Wallach was born on November 4th, 1991, and eventually got drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 43rd round of the 2010 draft. Instead of signing, Wallach spent the next three seasons playing Division I NCAA baseball for Cal State-Fullerton, slashing .