Sixto Sánchez spent enough time at the major league level in 2020 that he won’t be eligible to win the National League Rookie of the Year Award in 2021, but the Miami Marlins righty still remains, at least technically, a prospect.
And the former top Phillies prospect is now the top-rated pitching prospect in the sport, according to Baseball America. In their new top 100 prospects, Sánchez is the No. 6 overall prospect in baseball, making him the highest-ranked player not only in the National League East, but the entire National League.
The Phillies traded Sánchez to the Marlins in February of 2019 as the headliner in the J.