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FANTASY BASEBALL – Jake Marisnick, Sell-High Candidate?


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Jake Marisnick was a third-round pick for the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2009 Draft. After honing a do-everything centerfield profile for two seasons in the low minors, he began popping up on industry Top 100 Prospect lists reaching as high as 28 in 2012 with a low of 79 prior to 2014. In mid-November of 2012, he was a key piece in the mega-deal between Toronto and Miami after a two-level season that saw him rip through High-A before the rich talent of Double-A stymied him en route to a .622 OPS in 55 games.

He repeated Double-A in 2013 with his new club and enjoyed much better results (.860 OPS in 67 games). Results which were enough to earn him a call to the bigs in late-July, but he couldn’t get it going with the Marlins. His strikeout and walk skills were identical to Double-A, but he languished with a .478 OPS in 118 PA thanks in part to a .232 BABIP. Marisnick would find himself being dealt again in 2014, this time in a smaller, but still substantial deal. The Astros acquired him with some minor leagues (including #6 overall pick from ’13 Colin Moran) for Jarred Cosart, Enrique Hernandez, and a minor leaguer.

Marisnick had spent 14 uninspiring games with the Marlins prior to the trade, but a solid 89-game stint in Triple-A when he wasn’t with the big club maintained his appeal and allowed him to be the centerpiece of a solid deal with the Astros. Houston immediately inserted Marisnick into the lineup and gave him two months of playing time. He was better with the Stros, if only because the bar had been set so low as a Marlin (25 OPS+ in 54 games).

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