Jumbo Shrimp adding Marlins’ Garrett on rehab assignment

Left-hander slated to start for Jacksonville on Sunday at Durham

By Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp

April 5, 2024

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Miami Marlins’ left-handed pitcher Braxton Garrett will begin an injury rehabilitation assignment for Jacksonville this week, starting for the Jumbo Shrimp in Sunday’s 1:05 p.m. contest at the Durham Bulls from Durham Bulls Athletic Park. Garrett has been on the 15-day injured list since March 28 retroactive

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Miami Marlins’ left-handed pitcher Braxton Garrett will begin an injury rehabilitation assignment for Jacksonville this week, starting for the Jumbo Shrimp in Sunday’s 1:05 p.m. contest at the Durham Bulls from Durham Bulls Athletic Park.

Garrett has been on the 15-day injured list since March 28 retroactive to March 25, after suffering a left shoulder impingement. The southpaw appeared in 31 games, including 30 starts, in 2023 for Miami, going 9-7 with a 3.66 ERA. Over 159.2 innings, the 26-year-old struck out 156 against 29 walks and 154 hits allowed.

The 2023 campaign was his fourth in the major leagues. In 2022, Garrett posted a 3.58 ERA in 17 starts with 90 punchouts in 88.0 innings with Miami, while also making a few appearances in Jacksonville throughout the season.

Garrett first spent his time in Jacksonville in 2019 when they were members of the Double-A Southern League. He made one appearance. In 2021, he returned to the Jumbo Shrimp, their first season back in Triple-A. In 18 starts, he went 5-4, allowing 37 earned runs in 85.2 innings for an ERA of 3.89. The lefty also tallied 86 strikeouts against 32 walks and 73 hits.

A native of Florence, Ala., the Marlins drafted Garrett in the first round (seventh overall) of the 2016 MLB Draft. He spent 2016 through parts of 2020 in the Marlins minor league system before making is major league debut September 13, 2020 against the Philadelphia Phillies. He earned the win as he tallied six strikeouts in five innings of work while surrendering three hits.

Garrett is the second Marlin to embark on an injury rehabilitation assignment with Jacksonville. Right-hander Edward Cabrera (March 31-present) is also rehabbing with Jacksonville in 2024. In 2023, the Jumbo Shrimp had 15 overall injury rehab assignments.

ABOUT THE JUMBO SHRIMP: The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp are the Triple-A affiliate of the Miami Marlins and compete in the International League. The team calls 121 Financial Ballpark home for baseball but also a wide variety of additional community focused events with a goal of providing Affordable, Family, FUN to Northeast Florida. Winners of many marketing and sales awards and recognition since the team was rebranded prior to the 2017 season, the Jumbo Shrimp continually lead the state of Florida in attendance across all minor league professional sports organizations.