Beneath that level, however, most of the work they’ve done has come over the past two seasons, the first two of the Sherman/Jeter Marlins ownership group.
Most of the Marlins top prospects have been additions under the new regime, including trade acquisitions, shrewd draft choices, the international free agent market, and the rule 5 draft. Whatever Miami may be lacking at the major league level, you can be sure that need is being addressed at multiple levels of their minor league affiliate feeder system.
RHP Sixto Sanchez, San Cristobal, DR
Still just 21, the six-foot Sixto Sanchez ranks as the number 22 prospect in all of baseball.