The Twins released Aaron Sanchez, according to the right-hander’s MLB.com profile page. Sanchez has spent the entire season at Triple-A St. Paul after signing a minors deal during the offseason.
The results just haven’t been there for Sanchez, who has a 5.30 ERA over 73 innings and 18 games (16 of them starts) at the Triple-A level. While his 49.8% grounder rate is solid, Sanchez has only a 16.8% strikeout rate and a garish 15.6% walk rate, with almost many free passes (53) as strikeouts (57). Even after a part-time move to the bullpen, Sanchez has still allowed multiple runs in each of his last seven outings, translating to an 8.00 ERA over his last 27 frames of work.
An All-Star with the Blue Jays in 2016, Sanchez never again hit those heights due to a variety of injuries. Blister and fingernail problems hampered his next few seasons in Toronto, and a shoulder injury kept Sanchez out of action for the entirety of the 2020 campaign. Sanchez has pitched for five different teams since the start of the 2019 season, including an initial stint with the Twins, who first brought him into the organization on another minors deal in June 2022. Over 60 total innings with Washington and Minnesota in 2022, Sanchez had a 6.60 ERA.
He was young and dominant at one time for the Jays.
He should sue his manicurist.
Lmao “You don’t own the girl.”
What if she breaks her foot on your property?”
“She could sue me. Sue me! Sue me!”
Yea when he won The ERA title AA said he got good offers for him but chose to keep which i was a fan of at the time not knowing the exact offers. I would love to know what types of deals were offered. The 1s that at the time may have looked best may have been all but prospects while someother deal may have had 3 future all stars. Who knows. For reference this is from an interview he did a few years back when the braves came to Toronto and he interviewed about the trade deadlines of both playoff years had at the end. Another interesting 1 was a zobrist trade he declined, dont remember if it was pompay or Alford he did t was to include but there was some cool insight
he was still playing?
Just nasty in 2016: youtu.be/lBU5DhFUWUU
Before the 2021 season, Sanchez held a workout and hit 96mph several times. The Giants signed him for 4mil based on that showcase. Apparently he threw his arm out at that very showcase because he couldn’t throw 90, let alone 96 during the 2021 season. He put up half way decent numbers with the Giants and Minnesota the last 2 years but it was with smoke and mirrors.
You are mostly correct, minus the fact that he only wanted to be a starting pitcher and the giants were trying to use him out of the bullpen. I think he bounced to a few teams then ended up with the twins trying to again start.
Unfortunately when he hit 96mph it was in his BMW…
Speaking of release, why do the Royals keep running out that clown Lyles to the mound to lose yet again instead of releasing him? The agent that got that 2 year massive overpay contract for him should get a medal
Elias with a smart move again. Not bringing back Lyles and going to Gibson as the 4/5 veteran innings eater
I think they’d lose regardless of who they put out there. And yes Lyles usually has been pretty bad this season. However even when he does pitch good they lose, they velost 5 games he has had quality starts. They re simply a bad team, so I guess he’s kind of a good fit.
Giving some young arms a shot would seem like better choice though.
because the Royals don’t want to start the clock on anybody in the minors and are the worst team in baseball. They need a new GM who isn’t a crony of the old GM. Nepotism on one of the worst teams in baseball isn’t a good solution.
Anyone being called up at this point in seeason will not count against club control for service time.
he looked so good that one year with jays… incredible how these pitchers just don’t pan out.
People usually only talk about that 2016 season, but he was really good before that too. When he debuted as a reliever in 2014 he was absolutely dominant and followed it up with a nice 2015 season as a swingman. After 2016 though it’s just been a downward spiral with the exception being the pretty nice stint with the Giants in 2021.
Tomorrow in the NY post “A fantastic pickup for trash man”
I can see him on a minors deal available for callups with The Braves very very soon.
He couldn’t hack it in AAA after having to settle on a MiLB contract. Yeah, the Braves are definitely going to be kicking down his door…