MIAMI -- For most affiliates, the Minor League season ended in late August or early September, but for more than a dozen Marlins prospects, their offseason will kick in this weekend.

That’s because they are participating in Miami’s Minor League strength and conditioning camp at Marlins Park. On Thursday afternoon, they attended meetings and did customized conditioning drills.

Invited to participate were two of Miami’s top pitching prospects.

Among those working out in shorts and T-shirts were right-handers Sixto Sanchez and Edward Cabrera. Both have top-of-the-rotation potential, and the camp is a chance for them to experience training at Marlins Park.

The Marlins maintain they will not rush their prospects, but there is a strong possibility that Sanchez and Cabrera could be pitching in Miami at some point in 2020.

“When we saw each other on the field,” Cabrera said through an interpreter, “I said to him, ‘Can you imagine us playing on this field next year?’ We just laughed about it.”

Sanchez, the Marlins’ No. 1 prospect and No. 22 overall on MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 list, makes it clear he is working towards that goal.

“I will say, 'Yes,'” the hard-throwing right-hander said through an interpreter. “With all the work and the time we put in, hopefully, next year, together we will be there.”

The two are from the Dominican Republic, but it's unlikely either will pitch in Winter Ball because they are at innings thresholds the organization set.

Cabrera, Miami’s No. 6 prospect, also ranks 99th on MLB Pipeline's Top 100 list. The 21-year-old made perhaps the biggest leap of any prospect in the organization in 2019. He started off at Class A Advanced Jupiter and went 5-3 with a 2.02 ERA in 11 starts before earning a promotion to Double-A Jacksonville, where he was 4-1 with a 2.56 ERA.

At Jacksonville, Cabrera was part of a flame-throwing staff that included Sanchez and Jorge Guzman -- all three have fastballs that have reached 100 mph.

“It’s been a great experience, spending time with them,” Cabrera said. “We hang out off the field. We hang out on the field. It’s just like a brotherhood that we have. I feel grateful for this.”

Cabrera missed time late in the season with irritation in his right elbow.

“I’m fine,” Cabrera said. “The time I missed, I had some irritation on my elbow, but I’m fine now.”

Sanchez, one of the headliners in the J.T. Realmuto trade, went 8-4 with a 2.53 ERA in 18 Double-A starts, after he made two starts for Jupiter.

A bout of right elbow inflammation limited him to 46 2/3 innings while in the Phillies’ system in 2018. Miami closely managed his innings this year, and Thursday’s camp was a chance for him to receive more workout pointers as he heads into the offseason.

“I feel, overall, it was a great season for me,” Sanchez said. “Mechanics-wise, my release was a little high. Also, I worked more on my curveball. With my curveball, my elbow, I was leaving it behind. Physically, thank goodness, I feel great.”