A former Detroit Tigers ace has shown interest in coming back to the world of baseball to manage another one of his former squads.

According to Barry Jackson of Miami Herald, 16-year MLB veteran pitcher Anibal Sanchez has reached out to the Miami Marlins to tell them that he has interest in being the team’s next manager.

The Marlins and Skip Schumaker went their separate ways after just two seasons, with both parties wanting to go in different directions. Miami had an abysmal 62-100 record in 2024, with that record somehow not being representative of just how bad the season went.

Marlins president Peter Bendix is reportedly looking for a player with connections to team to be the next manager, making Sanchez someone that makes sense.

Before coming to the Tigers, Sanchez started his MLB career with Miami. He was an international signing out of Venezuela by the Boston Red Sox before the Marlins ended up acquiring him all the way back in 2005 which is where he would make his debut shortly after.

He was shaping up to be an elite middle-rotation guy as he worked a 3.75 ERA in seven years for Miami. The righty was never the flashiest player, as he didn’t strike batters out at a high rate, but was very efficient.

The best game of his career came as a Marlin as he pitched a no-hitter back in 2006.

Miami sent Sanchez to the Tigers along with Omar Infante in exchange for Jacob Turner, Rob Brantly, Brian Flynn and a draft selection ahead of the 2012 MLB trade deadline.

Detroit clearly came away on top in that deal given that both Sanchez and Infante played for a few seasons while none of the players they sent away ended up amounting to impactful MLB players.

Sanchez pitched for the Tigers all the way from late July 2012 through the 2017 season. His first few years with Detroit were electric before he started to trail off in the later years of his time there.

He never made an all-star game, but led the MLB with a 2.57 ERA back in 2013. Across his six seasons with the Tigers, he posted a 4.43 ERA with a WHIP of 1.229.

By the end of his time in Detroit, he was splitting time out of the bullpen and in the rotation and had a 6.41 ERA. He walked in free agency before reviving his career with the Atlanta Braves.

Even if the Marlins go in a different direction with their hiring decision, a pitcher that had such a long career could make sense as a manager somewhere.

The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning Sunday morning for sectors of Miami-Dade until 1:15 p.m.

The locations affected are Homestead, Homestead Miami Speedway, Black Point, The Redland, Homestead Base, Naranja, Leisure City, Princeton, Homestead Bayfront Park, Goulds, Cutler Bay and South Miami Heights.

The NWS warned about the presence of thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area.

“Between 2 and 5 inches of rain have fallen over this area during the last couple of hours. Additional rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches are possible in the warned area with the ongoing heavy rains. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly”, the NWS said.

BERKELEY, Calif. — Cam Ward threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to Elijah Arroyo with 26 seconds left and No. 8 Miami roared back from a 25-point deficit in the second half to beat California 39-38 on Saturday night.

Ward led four straight touchdown drives to end the game and spoil what looked like the most monumental day in years for the Golden Bears (3-2, 0-2 ACC), who hosted ESPN’s “College GameDay” for the first time and were on the verge of their second win over a top 10 team in the past 21 seasons.

Instead, Ward made sure the rare sellout crowd at Memorial Stadium went home unhappy after overcoming a 35-10 deficit in the third quarter. That gave the Hurricanes (6-0, 2-0) a second straight dramatic victory after needing a replay review to hold off Virginia Tech last week.

Cal head coach Justin Wilcox, when asked afterward about his team’s mood in the locker room, said, “It’s as bad as you can imagine.”

“Football is a humbling game,” Wilcox said. “We had every opportunity to win that game, obviously. We didn’t get it done. So, every individual has to own it. I think this is a pivotal moment for the team. I hope that all coaches, players, administrators, everybody involved will be proud of how they responded in a month or two months or six months or even a year. In this moment right now.”

Ward threw an 18-yard TD pass to Isaiah Horton with 10:28 left to cut it to 38-25 and then scrambled in from 24 yards out to make it a six-point game with 4:04 to play.

The Hurricanes forced a punt after being spared a potential targeting call on instant replay and Ward then hit Xavier Restrepo on a 77-yard pass on the first play on the ensuing drive to get Miami into the red zone.

A personal foul backed up the Hurricanes, but Ward converted a third-and-20 on a short pass to Joshisa Trader that went for 22 yards down to the 3. Two plays later, Ward found Arroyo on a jump pass that gave Miami the lead.

Ward finished 33-for-53 for 437 yards with two touchdown passes and a TD run, overcoming a pick-6 that helped put Miami in the big hole in the third quarter.

Fernando Mendoza delivered several big plays against the team he grew up cheering for as a kid in Miami but it wasn’t enough.

Mendoza threw a 57-yard TD pass to Jack Endries in the first quarter and had a 51-yarder to Trond Grizzell that set up Jaydn Ott’s 5-yard run that gave Cal a 14-7 lead.

Ott scored again on 66-yard catch and run on a fourth-and-1 midway through the second quarter and Mendoza threw a 59-yard pass to Jaivian Thomas in the third quarter that set up Chandler Rogers’ 9-yard TD run.

But Cal punted on its first two drives of the fourth quarter before Mendoza threw an interception in the closing seconds to end it.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.