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With the 2025 MLB Draft nearly a month away, let’s take a look at how some of the Marlins’ picks from last summer are faring.
Stats reflected were entering Wednesday.
OF PJ Morlando
First round (16th overall)
Marlins No. 7 prospect
The injury bug continues to bite the 20-year-old Morlando, who sustained a season-ending lumbar stress reaction just one at-bat into his professional career in 2024. In mid-March, he underwent an ulnar nerve transposition on his left elbow.
Morlando returned on April 22 and slashed .231/.429/.423 with two doubles, one homer and three RBIs in eight games for Single-A Jupiter before injuring his left hamstring. He began a rehab assignment on Monday.
INF Carter Johnson
Second round
Marlins No. 9 prospect
Miami went over slot to pluck Johnson, who earned a reputation as one of the better hitters in the 2024 prep class. It hasn’t translated to pro ball thus far. After hitting .221 with a 33 percent strikeout rate last season, the 19-year-old is batting .177/.265/.258 with nine doubles, one triple, two homers and 24 RBIs in 53 games for the Hammerheads this season. He has struck out 74 times and walked 22. The organization has him splitting time at short and second.
RHP Aiden May
Competitive Balance B
Marlins No. 20 prospect
May, 22, has yet to make his pro debut since being selected. He underwent minor surgery in March to remove loose bodies in his right elbow, so he has been on the 60-day injured list since March 27. The expectation is he will return in mid-July.
INF Gage Miller
Third round
Marlins No. 21 prospect
After dominating at Single-A Jupiter to open his career, Miller quickly received a promotion in August to High-A Beloit, where he also began his 2025 season. He is hitting .234/.343/.309 with eight doubles, one triple, one homer, 26 walks, 28 strikeouts and 10 steals. The 22-year-old has been playing at second and third.
RHP Grant Shepardson
Fifth round
Marlins No. 27 prospect
Shepardson has a 2.45 ERA and a 1.20 WHIP, striking out 19 and walking eight in 18 1/3 innings for the Rookie-level Florida Complex League Marlins through the first five starts of his career. His first three times on the mound, his opponent collected one hit or fewer. The 19-year-old has not given up an earned run in three of his outings.
INF/OF Michael Snyder
10th round
Despite a tough start to his pro career at Single-A Jupiter (.428 OPS), the Marlins challenged Snyder by sending him to High-A Beloit to start 2025. The 24-year-old has made the most of it, slashing .295/.444/.442 with 10 doubles, three homers, 36 walks, 37 strikeouts and 14 steals in 41 games. Drafted as an infielder, Snyder has split time at left field, first and third this season.
OF Fenwick Trimble
Fourth round
Before being placed on the seven-day injured list on May 22 with a hamstring strain, Trimble had been promoted to Double-A Pensacola with just 58 pro games under his belt. The 22-year-old had hit .284/.407/.422 for the Beloit Sky Carp, then had carried it over to the Blue Wahoos (.880 OPS in five games).