Inaugural Season
On April 8, 2010, the Marauders played their first game in front of 2,396 spectators at McKechnie Field. The inaugural game ended in 18–3 Bradenton victory over the Fort Myers Miracle. Pittsburgh Pirates prospect, Bryan Morris, was the team's starting pitcher. The team’s first hit came off its first batter, Greg Picart. Meanwhile Quincy Latimore registered the team's first home run and run scored. In the fourth inning of the game, Jeremy Farrell registered the team's first grand slam. Calvin Anderson, Eric Fryer, Robbie Grossman, Joel Hanrahan, Starling Marté, and Tony Sanchez also played for the Marauders in their first game.
A few nights later on April 12, 2010, the Marauders completed their first ever four game series sweep at McKechnie Field. The team capped off their first ever, four game series sweep with a final score of 6–2 over Fort Myers. The team's first loss came on Thursday April 15, 2010, when they were defeated 3–2 by the Jupiter Hammerheads at Roger Dean Stadium. The Marauders' first home loss came on Saturday April 17, 2010, by a score of 10–7, to the St. Lucie Mets.
On May 16, 2010, Bryan Morris became the very first Marauder to be promoted, when he was called up to the Pirates' Double A affiliate, the Altoona Curve.
The Marauders finished their 2010 Inaugural Season with a 76–62 record and led the league in runs, batting average, on-base percentage and on-base plus slugging, and they also finished fifth (out of twelve teams) in runs allowed and fourth in ERA. They also finished third in the league in overall winning percentage. The team lost the Southern Division Championship to the Charlotte Stone Crabs 2 games to 1. The 2010 Marauders roster included Nathan Adcock, Ramón Agüero, Tim Alderson, Calvin Anderson, José Ascanio, Nathan Baker, Jimmy Barthmaier, Jorge Bishop, Tom Boleska, Rodolfo Cardona, Adenson Chourio, Michael Colla, Tyler Cox, Adam Davis, Jose de los Santos, Casey Erickson, Jeremy Farrell, Michael Felix, Shelby Ford, Brian Friday, Eric Fryer, Walker Gourley, Robbie Grossman, Joel Hanrahan, Craig Hansen, Brock Holt, Erik Huber, Chris Jakubauskas, Noah Krol, Quincy Latimore, Melkin Laureano, Brian Leach, Jeff Locke, Starling Marté, Austin McClune, Kyle McPherson, Matt McSwain, Diego Moreno, Bryan Morris, Jordan Newton, Gift Ngoepe, Anthony Norman, Steve Pearce, Greg Picart, Aaron Pribanic, Milver Reyes, Tony Sanchez, James Skelton, Hunter Strickland, Yerfi Taveras, Andrew Walker, and Duke Welker.
In March 2011, Nathan Adcock became the first player from the Marauders to make a major league team's 25-man roster. Adcock was added to the Kansas City Royals roster after he was chosen by the team in the Rule 5 draft.
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