This year’s draft presents a slightly different problem for Marlins.

PITTSBURGH — Winter failure will turn into midseason opportunity for the Miami Marlins tonight.

As the MLB draft begins, the Marlins will have three Day 1 selections, including 13th overall in the first round — the pick they would have lost had they been successful in their offseason pursuit of closer Kenley Jansen.

They were unsuccessful, of course, and vice president of scouting Stan Meek and his amateur scouting department have been busy canvassing the country for months — including up to and through college baseball’s national tournament this weekend — to capitalize on that defeat by finding the best player to turn into a first-round millionaire.

“It makes it easier to get up at 3:30 a.m. every morning and get on a plane, knowing you’re going to get to pick somebody in the first round,” Meek said.

For the Marlins, this draft will differ from recent ones for a couple of reasons.

Picking 13th is later than Miami is used to. Draft order is based on teams’ records the season prior, and at 79-82 in 2016, the Marlins were more middle-of-theroad than normal. They haven’t had to wait this long to make their first pick since 2011, when they took Jose Fernandez at No. 14 overall.

Since they’re in the middle of the first round, the Marlins will have a more difficult time projecting all of the moving pieces ahead of them.

“It’s a little tougher,” Meek said. “We have enough guys we feel good about [that] we think there will be one there we like.”

What the Marlins will do with that pick — or their others Monday, in competitive-balance round A (36th overall and the second round (51st overall) — is anybody’s guess. Among the names the Marlins are linked to in various mock drafts from those who are experts in the field (Baseball America, CBS Sports, MLB.com): Shane Baz, a Texas high school righthander; David Peterson, a University of Oregon lefty; Jordan Adell, a Kentucky high school outfielder; D.L. Hall, a Georgia high school lefty.

Yes, most of those names — a handful of the many the Marlins could decide on — are pitchers. That’s not a coincidence. The Marlins have taken a hurler with their top pick in nine out of the past 14 drafts (covering multiple departmental regimes) and two out of the past three.

Their top draftee last year, prep lefty Braxton Garrett from Alabama, has pitched in four pro games and is sidelined with elbow trouble.

“We’ve always looked for impact pitching,” Meek said. “You can’t be [drafting] for need necessarily. You’re trying to look for the best guy. But if you can find a guy you really, really like as well as [someone] that fits what you want, it’s great.”

The other significant difference for the Marlins this year is the presence of that extra opening-day pick, in competitive balance round A — one of six spots between the first and second rounds, awarded to teams based winning percentage and revenue.

The Marlins traded their competitive balance pick in 2016 (to the Braves, in a three-way deal with the Dodgers) and 2015 (to the Astros).

In addition to adding the extra talent — important for any organization, but especially for the Marlins, whose farm system is widely considered among the worst in baseball — the Marlins benefit from the extra pool money associated with the pick.

Miami will be allowed to spend $9,375,500 in signing bonuses for their picks through the 10th round.