Top Marlins prospect Braxton Garrett is undergoing Tommy John surgery today on his left elbow, Clark Spencer of the Miami Herald reports on Twitter. The southpaw recently was diagnosed with a partially torn UCL.
The seventh overall pick in last year’s draft, Garrett entered the year with consensus top-100 billing. He showed well in 15 1/3 innings this year at the Class A level, pitching to a 2.93 ERA with 16 strikeouts against six walks, before being sidelined.
That’s difficult news for a Marlins organization that is in need of future rotation assets and is generally regarded to have one of the game’s worst farm systems. It also marks the second consecutive season in which the club’s consensus top prospect has required Tommy John surgery. A year ago, right-hander Tyler Kolek (the No. 2 overall pick in the 2014 draft), also suffered a torn ulnar collateral ligament and underwent Tommy John surgery. He’s yet to return to the mound in 2017 after missing the entire ’16 campaign.
Ugh.
Not unexpected, but still.
One year 2018 2019 2020 I expect the marlins to go pitching rounds 1-40 in the draft.
“He showed ell in 15 1/3 innings this year…”
He showed what?
It is pretty easy he meant to say well. C’mon man.
Yeah sometimes I have no common sense either.
Fat, dumb and stupid is no way to go through life son.
What is going on with the marlins minor league pitching coaches?
That’s number three with ties
To include the player the padres traded Rodney for. Less than a month later he needed tommy john
Actually, that’s a very good question. I don’t follow the Marlins pipeline, but I’m guessing they might be advancing players too quickly.
Something about items rising quickly in a vacuum.
Draft talent of usefulness deeper into the draft to make it to Advanced-A and beyond.
Good question.
I feel like Kolek blowing out his arm at some point was pretty predictable though. High school kid that was only drafted that high because he threw 102.
Sounds like what the reds got
These guys need to play more amateur travel ball!!