Though the Marlins ultimately settled on minor-leaguer Anthony DeSclafani and veteran Randy Wolf, they gave a few other pitchers consideration to join the rotation in the wake of Jose Fernandez's injury.
"[Top prospect Andrew Heaney ] was definitely in consideration, as was Brian Flynn [from Triple-A New Orleans]," president of baseball operations Michael Hill told MLB.com Wednesday. "We looked at all of our upper-level pitching. When we got the news, we really couldn't reshift rotations to make someone available."
Heaney, the team's consensus top prospect is putting together another solid season in Double-A Jacksonville, but his place in the rotation made it so he was unavailable to start Wednesday. Hill expects Heaney, Flynn and left-hander Adam Conley to be potential call-ups if a further need arises down the road.