A Bronze Medalist at the 1996 Olympics, Braden Looper was the third overall pick in that year’s draft, selected by the St. Louis Cardinals.  He made the Redbirds two years later, appearing in four Games, but that would close the book on his first St. Louis run, as Looper was traded to the Marlins in that off-season.

Looper joined Florida's bullpen, where he would stay for five years.  While he was not the most consistent Pitcher, he would eventually be given a chance to be the team's closer, saving 28 Games in 2003 and 46 overall with 170 Games Finished as a Marlin.  Looper joined the Mets as a Free Agent in 2004.

A ten-year veteran in the Majors, Pat Rapp played half of that timeframe with the Florida Marlins.

Rapp began his career with the San Francisco Giants, appearing in three Games in 1992 before the Marlins took him in the Expansion Draft.  He made the starting rotation, with his best year with Florida coming in 1995, when Rapp went 14-7 with a 3.44 ERA. 

He was traded back to San Francisco during the 1997 Season, with Rapp going 37-43 with the Marlins.

Oft-injured with the Toronto Blue Jays, Al Leiter bolted from the Jays as a Free Agent in 1996 for the sunnier skies of Florida.  It was there where he was finally healthy and showed what he was capable of all along.

Leiter posted a 16-12 Record with an ERA of 2.93 in his first Marlins year, and he was an All-Star for the first time in his career.  The year after, Leiter was not as good (11-9 4.324 ERA), but he was part of a rotation that took Florida all the way to the World Series, which they won by beating the Yankees.

Like so many 1997 Championship Marlins players, Leiter was part of the biggest baseball fire sale until the team did it again after their 2003 Title.  He was traded to the Mets, though he returned as a Free Agent for an ineffective year in 2005.  With the Marlins, Leiter won 30 Games against 28 Losses with a 4.07 ERA.

If Leiter's rank comes across as low, he was prone to walk too many batters and had a Marlins WHIP well over 1.4.

Henderson Alvarez was one of the many players that the Miami Marlins acquired from Toronto in the 12-player transaction after the 2012 Season, and for a brief time, it looked like Alvarez was going to be the best player they netted.

In his first year as a Marlin, a shoulder injury kept Alvarez to only 17 Starts, but he was decent with a 3.59 ERA over 102.2 Innings, which was bolstered by a no-hitter in the season finale.  Alvarez had his best season in Baseball in 2013 with a 12-7 Record with a 2.65 ERA.  The Venezuelan went to the All-Star Game that year, and it appeared that his career could shoot to the moon, but it was not to be.

Shoulder problems would rear its ugly head again in 2015, and he only threw in four Games, none of which were effective.  His contact expired, and he would only play three more Games in the Majors (Philadelphia in 2017), before he retired.

With the Marlins, Alvarez had an even record of 17-17 with a 3.28 ERA.