{"id":637357,"date":"2026-03-22T15:53:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T15:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/637357\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T15:53:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T15:53:25","slug":"phillies-return-rule-5-draft-pick-zach-mccambley-to-marlins-fof-prospects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/637357\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillies return Rule 5 draft pick Zach McCambley to Marlins &#8211; FOF Prospects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tThe Miami Marlins are reacquiring one of their Rule 5 draft departures. Right-hander <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=mccamb000zac&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=fishonfirst.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-03-22_br\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zach McCambley<\/a> did not make the Philadelphia Phillies&#8217; Opening Day roster, so <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/toddzolecki\/status\/2035711026054807686?s=46\" rel=\"external nofollow\">they will return him<\/a> to the Fish (h\/t Todd Zolecki, MLB.com). Meanwhile, fellow right-hander and Rule 5 draftee\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=pushar000mat&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=fishonfirst.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-03-22_br\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matt Pushard<\/a>\u00a0is sticking with the St. Louis Cardinals.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tMcCambley and Pushard were both trending toward these fates earlier this month, as I detailed <a href=\"https:\/\/fishonfirst.com\/news-rumors\/miami-marlins\/rule-5-draft-zach-mccambley-matt-pushard-update-spring-training\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. Individual ability aside, McCambley had a tougher path to a big league job considering that the Phillies have a deeper and more experienced bullpen than the Cardinals and much more urgency to win games in 2026.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIn eight Grapefruit League games (7.1 IP), McCambley allowed one earned run, six walks and four strikeouts. He threw only 55.3% of his pitches for strikes.\u00a0In Pushard&#8217;s eight games (8.2 IP), he allowed three earned runs, two walks and nine strikeouts. He faced his former organization twice during that span.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tMcCambley has a long history with the Marlins, who selected him in the third round of the 2020 MLB Draft. He spent most of 2025 with Triple-A Jacksonville. In 62 total innings working exclusively in relief (AA and AAA combined), he posted a 2.90 ERA and 2.60 FIP with a 24.3 K-BB% (best of his professional career). His arsenal consists of a four-seam fastball, cutter and sweeper.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tExpect the Marlins to assign McCambley to Jacksonville again. Health permitting, he&#8217;s likely to make his MLB debut by season&#8217;s end.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tTurning 27 years old in May, McCambley can elect minor league free agency next offseason if he isn&#8217;t on the Marlins 40-man roster by then.\n<\/p>\n<p>Interested in learning more about the Miami Marlins&#8217; top prospects? Check out our comprehensive top prospects list that includes up-to-date stats, articles and videos about every prospect, scouting reports, and more!<\/p>\n<p>          <a class=\"ipsButton ipsButton_medium ipsButton_important\" style=\"color:white;\" href=\"https:\/\/fishonfirst.com\/miami-marlins-top-prospect-rankings\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">View Marlins Top Prospects<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Miami Marlins are reacquiring one of their Rule 5 draft departures. Right-hander Zach McCambley did not make&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":637358,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2276],"tags":[5,2291,60710,58,4,1586,11482,60709],"class_list":["post-637357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb-draft","tag-baseball","tag-major-league-baseball-draft","tag-matt-pushard","tag-miami-marlins","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-draft","tag-rule-5-draft","tag-zach-mccambley"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116273637304114720","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=637357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/637358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=637357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=637357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=637357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}