In baseball, it is often hard to find a consensus on anything. But there is a true consensus in baseball that the Philadelphia Phillies’ top prospect is High-A right-handed starter Sixto Sanchez.
He’s the top dog — the prize pig — the best pure arm among starting pitchers in the Phils’ farm system. Scouts have compared him to Pedro Martinez, and it’s easy to see why. Sanchez, who just turned 20, throws an easy 97 mph with the ability to approach triple digits. He has a nice two-seamer, a breaking pitch that is improving, and a changeup he’s still working on a bit.