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Giants Release Aaron Sanchez

By Anthony Franco | August 13, 2021 at 8:11pm CDT

The Giants announced this evening that they’ve placed right-hander Aaron Sanchez on unconditional release waivers. That was the expected outcome after the club designated him for assignment last weekend.

San Francisco added Sanchez on a one-year, $4MM guarantee over the offseason. It was a low-risk shot on a reclamation candidate. Sanchez showed plenty of promise early in his career with the Blue Jays but he’d been beset by injuries over the past few years and missed all of last season recovering from September 2019 shoulder surgery.

While the addition didn’t pan out as hoped, it wasn’t a complete bust. Sanchez worked to a 3.06 ERA over 35 1/3 innings across nine appearances (seven starts). His 16.7% strikeout rate and 9.6% walk percentage weren’t especially impressive, but he induced grounders at a strong 52.3% clip. That’s not quite the elite groundball numbers Sanchez boasted at his peak, but it was his best season in that regard since 2016.

Unfortunately, Sanchez’s troubles staying healthy reappeared in early May. The 29-year-old landed on the injured list with right biceps tightness. Between that and blister issues that cropped up on his minor league rehab assignment, Sanchez missed nearly three months. He returned to make two appearances before being let go.

Sanchez is entitled to the entirety of his $4MM salary, about $1.1MM of which remains to be paid out. Any team that claims Sanchez off waivers would assume the remainder of that salary, but it seems more likely he’ll pass through unclaimed and reach free agency. At that point, rival clubs could sign Sanchez for the prorated portion of the league minimum salary, with the rest of the tab falling on the Giants.

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  1. Dingerz

    4 years ago

    He was such a pain to watch idc about his ERA

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    • jdgoat

      4 years ago

      Honestly I found him that way as well when he was in the Cy Young race in 2016. Getting results is great and all but he seemed to consistently be at 90 pitches by the 4th and 5th innings even if he was pittig up zero’s.

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      • jdgoat

        4 years ago

        And now that I look back he averaged well over 6 innings that year. Point stands for his career though.

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  2. Dustyslambchops23

    4 years ago

    Time to go back in to a bullpen role. Should help him stay healthy and more effective.

    He has so much talent, needs to just accept he’s not built to be a starter. Still can be a star and make good money as an elite reliever.

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    • sascoach2003

      4 years ago

      Totally agree. I actually think that his stuff would play well out of the ‘pen, and may help prolong his career/help with the injury problems.

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    • Ted

      4 years ago

      His arm is done. Look at his statcast – he used to average 95 mph and now his fastball velocity is in the 11th percentile and it has no spin. I like Sanchez on the Jays but he isn’t going to magically regrow his shoulder.

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  3. Rayofsunshine

    4 years ago

    He might not be great, but I’m pretty sure he’s a hell of a lot better than Michael Wacha (not that that’s saying much) – Rays should pick him up…

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    • Gwynning's Anal Lover

      4 years ago

      Wacha mean?

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      • tstats

        4 years ago

        Wacha wacha wacha

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  4. drchilmrichalds

    4 years ago

    I’d take him back in Toronto as a reliever that throws decent gas with a wipeout curveball like he used to be

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    • Ted

      4 years ago

      He doesn’t have “decent gas.” He throws around 88-89mph with a middling curve.

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  5. Deleted_User

    4 years ago

    Get him Preller!

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  6. tstats

    4 years ago

    I have a feeling he is leaving the US cause ik most teams won’t sign a player that when placed on waivers have a note saying they have like a KBO deal

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    • Lloyd Emerson

      4 years ago

      Huh??

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      • tstats

        4 years ago

        Sorry if that was unclear. In I think “Future Value” I recall a note explaining that when in the waiver wire FOs will tell the other teams if a player is going to be signing with a foreign team so they just go unclaimed and can go play in day the KBO

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        • NLD_14

          4 years ago

          He passed through waivers because no one wanted to pay him 1.1 million. If he clears waivers then any team can sign him for the league minimum, and the Giants will still be on the hook for the rest of his salary.

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        • antibelt

          4 years ago

          No, they just don’t want to pick up the contract. Someone will sign him, and pay him the keague minimum while the Giants pick up the rest.

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      • Smartahole

        4 years ago

        How are you a baseball fan and confused about what the KBO is?

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  7. Cora the Destroya

    4 years ago

    Red Sox?

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  8. Cora the Destroya

    4 years ago

    3.06 ERA… what am I missing here?

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    • Noel1982

      4 years ago

      His fastball is topping out in the mid 80s

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      • Gwynning's Anal Lover

        4 years ago

        Refining his eephus pitch.

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    • vikingbluejay67

      4 years ago

      He’s soft

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    • KCJ

      4 years ago

      Can’t say that I’ve ever seen a player released with those types of stats. Kind of a head scratcher that they’d rather pay him to go home. I don’t get it. Can anyone out there provide me with a similar situation?

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    • Mr. E Team

      4 years ago

      Sanchez won’t accept a bullpen role. But that is where he belongs. His choice.

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  9. jimmertee

    4 years ago

    I heard his gas was down to 89 MPH which is a far cry from what he used to be. If so, avoid this guy.

    If he can get the real gas back then I’d take a flyer on him for the bullpen.

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    • Thomas E Snyder

      4 years ago

      I assume you would not be interested in Greinke than.

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      • tstats

        4 years ago

        Greinke is a different specimen of human (I mean I think he is human). It’s something about how purely godtier he is as a human

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  10. Grade_1_teacher

    4 years ago

    3.06 ERA for Sanchez is pretty amazing considering all he’s been through. He can definitely be a frontline starter in Baltimore or in Pittsburgh.

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    • jimmertee

      4 years ago

      I don’t think he will ever be a starter again. His body can’t take multiple innings.

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  11. Chipsss

    4 years ago

    Is your team the dodgers? They have a similar home record. Giants are 12 games over .500 on the road

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  12. Joe says...

    4 years ago

    Gotta be better than Andrew Heaney.

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  13. goalieguy41

    4 years ago

    Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

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  14. bigjonliljon

    4 years ago

    Welcome to the Chicago Cubs

    1
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    • daveineg

      4 years ago

      He’ll be a Cub in no time.

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      Reply
  15. SFGLifer

    4 years ago

    Bwahahaha!

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  16. Murphy NFLD

    4 years ago

    He seemed like he had a chance to be special when with the Jays and he thrived coming out of the pen. The next year he started and played amazing and won the ERA title.The year he won that for the Jays people thought he was going to be the next star pitcher. Teams apparently went after him hard but AA refused to trade him and everyone agreed it was a good move. I wonder what type of deal were offered, I’m sure some of them had guys that are good major leaguers today, I truly would love to know.

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  17. SaveTheManulas

    4 years ago

    How much Bitcoin you own?

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  18. MetsFan22

    4 years ago

    Dodgers aren’t that good…. Don’t get me wrong. Top 5 team. But I saw all I needed to see today. Can’t wait to beat them come postseason. They could sweep us and I wouldn’t change my opinion…

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    • LADreamin

      4 years ago

      You’re losing

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    • Joe It All

      4 years ago

      Don’t worry about beating the Dodgers in the postseason because you actually have to make the postseason. October is going to be miserable for you. You always got Halloween to fall back on.

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  19. thickiedon

    4 years ago

    A return to the Astros for spot starting and relief. Not sure how dependable rotation remains come September.

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  20. boachthecoach

    4 years ago

    Cry about it

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  21. Bi Soxual

    4 years ago

    I like the idea of a Sanchez pickup for the pen for any contender.Arm’s are getting obselete,they are dropping in waves lately.

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  22. CrikesAlready

    4 years ago

    Padres, Padres, Padres… Preller!

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  23. jvent

    4 years ago

    Mets sign him for the bullpen, he can’t be worse than Familia.

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  24. A Seal

    4 years ago

    Dodgers. He can eat innings. 3.06. ERA 4.06 FIP, 3.84 xERA. Not bad, idc if he throws 4o or 190 mph.

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  25. VTGiant

    4 years ago

    Giants wanted to have him coming out of the pen but apparently there was some resistance, so he’s gone.

    Logan Webb has developed into a solid 3-4 starter, so Sanchez had no leverage to stay with the team.

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  26. tedtheodorelogan

    4 years ago

    Imagine if you couldn’t do your job because of blisters….

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    • Thomas E Snyder

      4 years ago

      I’d rather not.

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    • Dusty Baker's tooth pick.

      4 years ago

      I’d get laughed at and fired if I claimed I couldn’t work because of blisters. But then again I’m not being paid millions of dollars to be an athlete, and never will be, so I’m far less valuable!

      Reply
  27. yanks2323

    4 years ago

    Yanks should release Heaney and pick him up! Still a lot of untapped potential there!

    Reply
  28. johns-11

    4 years ago

    This has Oakland or Tampa written all over it. He will become good again lol

    Reply
  29. DarkSide830

    4 years ago

    better than Moore…

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