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Marlins Return Rule 5 Pick Julian Fernandez To Rockies

By George Miller | October 19, 2019 at 5:35pm CDT

The Miami Marlins have returned right-handed pitcher Julian Fernandez, who was selected in the Rule 5 Draft, to the Colorado Rockies, according to the Rockies’ official Twitter account. The move leaves 36 players on the Marlins’ 40-man roster.

Fernandez was originally selected by the Giants in the 2017 Rule 5 Draft, but was unable to pitch in the following season after suffering an elbow injury that required Tommy John surgery. In the 2018-2019 offseason, he was claimed off waivers by the Marlins. After suffering a setback in his recovery from surgery, he was again unable to pitch for the entire year.

Since he hasn’t spent any time on a Major League roster in the two years since he was selected in 2017, he will be returned to the Colorado organization.

Fernandez’s career has certainly followed a curious, if unfortunate, path. He’s now accrued two years of Major League service time despite not having thrown a pitch in the big leagues. And with Fernandez returning to Colorado, the Rockies have stumbled into an interesting arm. At 6’6″, Fernandez is a physical specimen who attracted interest for his ability to touch triple digits with his fastball prior to surgery. He’s still just 23 years old, though he’s now lost two critical years of development and hasn’t thrown a pitch above Class-A ball.

In his most recent season, 2017, Fernandez threw 58 quality innings for the Rockies’ Class-A affiliate, striking out 57 batters and notching a 3.26 ERA. His high-octane fastball led many to believe that he had potential as a high-leverage reliever, though of course that potential had to be put on hold. Still, he’ll be an interesting case to monitor moving forward: when he’s at full health, will he retain his electric fastball velocity? Where will the Rockies assign him in his return to action? It’ll be fun to see if he can carve out a role with his new/old organization, which first signed him when he was 16.

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  1. Ully

    2 years ago

    What an intresting transaction, I was wondering how a Rule 5 pick would be returned after the regular season concluded? This explains it.

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  2. lowtalker1

    2 years ago

    Why didn’t they just send him back when he got injured in the first place ?

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    • Polish Hammer

      2 years ago

      Held out hope they could reap something from him eventually but finally gave up hope he’d be healthy enough.

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  3. Black Ace57

    2 years ago

    This is like borrowing your friends car and then returning it with a bunch of dents and a flat tire.

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    • cygnus2112

      2 years ago

      Drive it like you stole it…

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  4. Mendoza Line 215

    2 years ago

    This is not totally unlike Nick Biurdi who the Phillies drafted from the Twins and then traded him to Pittsburgh..He pitched with the Pirates in September 2018 after being on the DL then started the 2019 season with the Pirates until a month in when he went on the IL for the rest of the year.I think that they have to keep him up for the balance of a full half year in 2020 before they can option him which in this case would be about another month.

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    • ScottCFA

      2 years ago

      But $50k (net) to keep the guy isn’t much. He’ll probably never seen MLB, but $50k to keep an injury-prone 100 mph arm doesn’t sound like a big risk.

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      • nymetsking

        2 years ago

        The risk isn’t the money. They likely have minor leaguers that will need to be added to the 40 man or be subject to the risk of being taken in this year’s rule V and they like those players’ chances of panning out better than Fernandez.

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        • Polish Hammer

          2 years ago

          But it’s the Marlins, they’re all minor leaguers…

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  5. jorge78

    2 years ago

    No link to Baseball Reference?

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  6. flyfisher64

    2 years ago

    no no the Rockies don’t need pitching ..dump him of course

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  7. bbatardo

    2 years ago

    Not a bad deal for him.. received 2 years or MLB paychecks.

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