MIAMI — Garrett Cooper is the only remaining player from the Miami Marlins’ opening day roster in 2018, the first team assembled under the franchise’s current ownership group led by principal owner and chairman Bruce Sherman.
The first baseman has seen up close and personal everything the organization has undergone over the course of the past five years.
The roster teardown. The hitting rock bottom. The one blip of hope during a pandemic-shortened season only to be followed by two more lackluster (to put it nicely) seasons. And now, finally, entering a season where the team is hoping for a semblance of positivity, a chance to — maybe — finally start moving in the right direction under a new manager and with a roster that’s deeper than it has been during his tenure with the club but also in one of the toughest division in baseball.
