The 9 greatest players in Marlins history
When the then-Florida Marlins selected Christian Yelich with the No. 23 overall pick in the 2010 MLB Draft, they landed one of the better players to ever suit up for the franchise.
Unfortunately, Yelich would peak elsewhere.
In five seasons with the Marlins, Yelich slashed .290/.369/.432 with 59 home runs, 293 RBIs, an .800 OPS and an 18.2 fWAR, which was tied for 32nd among all position players. Yelich won a Gold Glove Award and a Silver Slugger Award as a Marlin, but there was still a perception that he was just scratching the surface of his potential.
The Milwaukee Brewers bet that was the case when they traded Lewis Brinson, Jordan Yamamoto, Monte Harrison and Isan Díaz for Yelich in January 2018, and they were immediately rewarded.

Yelich led the National League in batting average (.326), slugging percentage (.598), OPS (1.000), OPS+ (164) and total bases (343) in 2018, earning him the National League MVP. A year later, Yelich finished runner-up in NL MVP voting to Cody Bellinger of the Los Angeles Dodgers, probably because a broken right kneecap limited him to just 130 games. Even still, Yelich led the senior circuit in batting average (.329), on-base percentage (.429), slugging percentage (.671), OPS (1.100) and OPS+ (179).
The Marlins franchise has only existed since 1993, so the five years that Yelich spent in Miami put him among the better players to ever play with the organization. Had they not traded him, though, there would be little doubt about his place in franchise history.
With Yelich on the outside looking in, here are the nine greatest players in Marlins history: