Miami Marlins Season in Review: Jackson Rose

Throughout the 2018/2019 offseason, Marlin Maniac will devote one article each for every player who appeared in the Miami Marlins system for the 2018 season. Every. Single. Player. This is Part 50 of 286. Stay tuned.

Jackson Rose is a 6’2″, 185 lb. right-handed relief pitcher out of the University of Minnesota. Born on April 25th, 1996 in Omaha, Nebraska, he was the 35th round pick of the Miami Marlins in the 2018 Amateur Entry Draft, 1,047th overall.

45 University of Minnesota draftees have made it to the majors, paced by Hall-of-Famers Dave Winfield and Paul Molitor. 31 Omaha natives have made it as well, paced by also-Hall-of-Famers Wade Boggs and Bob Gibson. Members of the “1,047 club,” however, have not had any graduates to the major league level. You can follow Rose on Twitter @Jackson__rose.

Rose played two seasons of Junior College ball before joining the Golden Gophers, for the Barton County CC Cougars. Rose also played independent ball for the Rochester Honkers in 2016 and for the St. Cloud Rox in 2017, in the Northwoods League. For the Rox, he struck out 28 in 21 frames, with a 1.71 ERA and a solid 1.00 WHIP. In Rose’s senior season, in 2018, he racked up a 5-1 record, a 1.99 ERA, 30 whiffs in 31 2/3 innings, and a 1.29 WHIP for the Gophers. It was just enough to get noticed by the Marlins late on day three of the draft, and they signed him for a $1,000 bonus. Here’s Rose on the mound after his freshman season at Barton County.

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There aren’t a lot of expectations attached to a 35th round draft pick, but Rose looks to buck the trend. Over Jackson’s first six professional appearances, with the rookie-level GCL Marlins in the Florida-based Gulf Coast League, he held batters to two hits and struck out seven in 7 2/3 innings. Overall, opponents slashed .225/.353/.450 against him, in 11 innings. Rose K’d 13, allowing nine hits, seven walks and hitting two batters. On August 2nd, Rose struck out two batters in a perfect seventh as the GCL Marlins topped the GCL Nationals, 4-3.

Although Rose is not highly touted, is not ranked on anyone’s prospect “to watch” list, and hasn’t received any midseason or end-of-season awards, he’s still a guy who’s development should remain in your peripheral vision. His mostly solid first professional season was enough to merit a continued evaluation in Miami’s system, likely in 2019 for the short-season-A New York-Penn League Batavia Muckdogs. Continued progress for Rose would mean a Spring Training invitation in the future, likely by 2021, with a chance to make the parent club in 2022.

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