JUPITER, Fla. _ Jordan Holloway was sitting in Charlotte-Douglas International Airport when he pulled out his phone and texted Braxton Garrett.
"Do you need a roommate?"
The Miami Marlins pitching prospect just learned he would be sidelined for over a year after injuring his throwing elbow in Low-A Greensboro, requiring Tommy John surgery to fix his ulnar collateral ligament. Knowing his foreseeable future would be spent rehabbing at the Marlins' Jupiter training facility and that he needed somewhere to stay, Holloway realized he wasn't alone in his plight.
Just two weeks prior, Garrett _ another top Marlins pitching prospect _ also hurt his elbow in Greensboro and was preparing for the same surgery.
"I (told Garrett), 'Yeah, I hurt my elbow too,' " Holloway recalled. "He was like 'That really sucks, but I'm not necessarily mad that you're going to be my roommate.' "
With one text, June 1, 2017 marked the beginning of a bond that would help lead them both back to baseball.
