Major Miami Marlins mistake still hurts: 2012 MLB Draft

As we look toward the 2025 season, the Miami Marlins broadcast situation is a major issue. We'll find out if The Fish's farm system can further improve, as next year's MLB Draft takes place and prospects get more time to develop. I decided that it makes sense to take a look at a big mistake that The Fish made back in the 2012 MLB Draft.

The Miami Marlins made a big mistake in the 2012 MLB Draft.

The 2012 MLB Draft saw the Miami Marlins draft 12'th in the first round. The pick was then used on left-handed starting pitcher Andrew Heaney. He only spent the 2014 season with The Fish, well the 7 games (5 starts) and 29.1 innings pitched of it to be more precise. He was traded after the season in a pretty good deal. A trade that brought The Fish second baseman Dee-Strange Gordon.

Dee-Strange Gordon played for the Marlins from 2015-2017. During that time, he batted a combined .310/.341/.384, with 7 home runs and 93 RBI. He stole an impressive 148 bases throughout hat run as well. He was worth 8.4 WAR and 1.9 dWAR. Gordon's best season came in 2015. That season, he batted an amazing .333/.359/.418, with 4 home runs and 46 RBI in 145 games and 615 AB. He was worth 4.3 WAR and 1.0 dWAR.

Dee Strange-Gordon worked out very well for The Fish, but there was someone better available for them in that 2012 draft. None other than SS Corey Seager. Seager was taken eighteenth by the Los Angeles Dodgers. Seager of course has been far more valuable than Heaney ever was. Seager batted .290/.360/.512 for his career. He played for both LA and then the Texas Rangers, but specifically in his time with LA, he batted .297/.367/.504 from 2015-2021.

Corey Seager would've been great for the Miami Marlins. He certainly would've been better than both Andrew Heaney and Dee Strange-Gordon. He probably wouldn't have received an extension, but he could've brought back a nice prospect return, if the trade would've worked out of course.