The Dolphins are on the clock: How the Miami Marlins have fared at pick No. 13

Even if you are the most avid of Miami Marlins fans...there is pretty much zero chance you have not been exposed to at least some NFL Draft content today as well.

In fact, I'd wager a bet that most of the people reading this are doing so either as the NFL Draft plays out live before their eyes, or at least with one of those browser tabs featuring all sorts of final predictions on how the Miami Dolphins are going to cobble together a draft that makes their fans believe any semblance of a plan is in place. A good plan, that is.

Or if you prefer, a Bendix-ian plan?

Anyway, this is a Miami Marlins blog! So I'll spare you any further Dolphins analysis, though I do predict the highest rated, heaviest human available will be the pick. Yet in honor of every sports fan's favorite opportunity to play armchair analyst, speculating and critiquing wildly on the socials with every pick, it seemed a perfect time to celebrate the NFL Draft and the Dolphins' pick at No. 13 by looking at how the Marlins have fared when picking 13th in the MLB Draft.

Now it goes without saying that plenty of Marlins MLB Draft content is coming at you in the months ahead. So expect much more on how hilarious it is that Miami is only picking seventh (very), how Miami has done picking seventh in the past (solid), and who Miami might pick (no clue). But as the NFL version of first year player selecting is far and away the most popular, no harm in taking advantage of some "draft" excitement and getting the ball rolling early.

When it comes to the No. 13 spot the Dolphins are occupying going into tonight- obviously they are trading down now that I've written this- the Miami Marlins have landed that same 13th pick exactly two times. In consecutive years no less, in 2017 and 2018. It's really a remarkable testament to extreme midness of the two Marlins teams that earned those finishes.

As for how the Marlins have done with the selections? I'd say batting .500, in terms of getting a viable big leaguer out of the transaction.

In 2017, with the 13th pick, the Miami Marlins selected Trevor Rogers. Nice!

In 2018, with the 13th pick, the Miami Marlins selected Connor Scott. Ouch.

Okay, so they can't all be winners. Though it must be said the Miami Heat have been at No. 13. They've done so once, and walked away with Tyler Herro.

Back to the Marlins, obviously zero problem with Miami selecting Carlsbad's Favorite Son Since Cody Ross. Rogers gave Miami a year of elite production, had a solid career, and helped the team land Connor Norby and Kyle Stowers. That trade is starting to look like a massive win, and it all started with the 13th pick in the 2017 MLB Draft. The Marlins could be well on their way to starting the kind of dazzling trade tree the Dolphins did with their most recent 13th overall selection- Laremy Tunsil. If you've read this far, you know how that pick played out.

As for Connor Scott? Seven years later, he's yet to appear in the majors. The Marlins did trade him prior to the start of the 2022 season for catcher Jacob Stallings, who went on to catch every single Sandy Alcantara start during his Cy Young campaign that year. Some have even gone so far as to suggest Alcantara might need Stallings to regain his winning form. But beyond helping the Marlins land the Sandy whisperer, it's hard to classify Scott as anything but a flat out bust.

The contrast gets starker once you look at who came after, and who else could have been selected instead of Rogers or Scott.

In the case of Rogers, his accomplishments are up there with the bulk of the 2017 class, and there were only two players taken after him that you would clearly say today that you'd rather have over what Rogers is right now- Heliot Ramos and Clarke Schmidt. Certainly no slam dunk stars.

As for Scott? More players taken after him made the majors than did not, and nine players taken after him are legit MLB starters today. Logan Gilbert was taken with the very next pick. That's heartbreaking stuff thinking about what the addition of Gilbert to a couple of those Marlins rotations the last few years could have meant.

Fingers crossed the Dolphins get more in a Miami uniform value than the Marlins ever did when they make their own 13th pick Thursday night.