Baseball America released their rankings for the South Atlantic League, the league in which the Phillies Low-A affiliate, the Lakewood BlueClaws, play. Atop those rankings was Philadelphia’s 19-year-old phenom pitching prospect, Sixto Sanchez.
Sanchez made his full-season debut this year after pitching in the Dominican Summer League in 2015 and the Gulf Coast League in 2016. Last year Sanchez rocketed up prospect rankings after a tremendous season where he allowed just three earned runs in 54 innings.
This year in the SAL, Sanchez’s success only continued. In 13 starts where his pitch count was limited, Sanchez posted a 2.