Sixto Sanchez Keeps Piling Up Zeroes

Before this spring, Marlins righthander Sixto Sanchez hadn’t gotten onto a mound in an official game since March 25, 2021, when he made his last spring training appearance before going on the injured list for all of the past two seasons. But Sanchez has shown enough this spring to offer hope that he’s back after two shoulder surgeries. He seemed like a long shot to make the team coming into spring training, and he is out of options, so it seemed like he had a good chance to be designated for assignment. Instead, Sanchez has made the Marlins’ roster and looks like a solid contributor out of the bullpen. Sanchez sat at 95 mph on Sunday and touched 97 while striking out four in two scoreless innings. Sanchez has yet to allow a run in nine innings over six appearances. He’s struck out eight, walked three and is holding opponents to a .103 batting average.