The feel-good story of Friday’s Media Day at LoanDepot Park would have to be Sixto Sánchez. Though still an extreme longshot to crack the Miami Marlins Opening Day roster, there is far more transparency about the right-hander’s status than there had been over the previous two years. His availability confirmed what we had already suspected: he’s making a serious commitment to conditioning and nutrition.
When acquired by the Marlins from the Philadelphia Phillies in 2019, the six-foot Dominican weighed in at approximately 234 pounds. At his heaviest, Sánchez says he tipped the scales at 260.