The Marlins did, however, lose one of their own. The Washington Nationals picked shortstop Nasim Nunez with the fifth overall pick in the Rule 5 Draft on Wednesday, held in Nashville during the league's annual winter meetings.
While the Marlins lost Nunez, there has to be a sigh of relief knowing that one of their other top unprotected prospects in first baseman Troy Johnston went unselected for a second consecutive year. Johnston led all of minor-league baseball in 2023 with 116 RBI while also hitting .307 with a .948 OPS, 26 home runs, 102 runs scored and 24 stolen bases through 134 games split between Double A Pensacola (83 games) and Triple A Jacksonville (51 games).
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