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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 29)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date11-28-1989
Height6' 1"
Weight190 lbs
Age34 years, 4 months, 0 days
BatsR
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2015
2016
-0.12017
2018
0.42019
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WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
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YEAR Team Lg G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA- WARP
2017 PIT MLB 8 0 12.3 1 0 0 16 1 10 5 11.7 0.7 3.6 7.3 42% .289 1.38 7.07 8.76 114 5.59 118.9 -0.1
CareerMLB8012.310016110511.70.73.67.342%.2891.387.078.761145.59118.9-0.1

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA-
2011 GRL A MID 20 16 99.0 8 4 0 72 39 84 5 92 6.5 3.5 0.5 7.6 0% .237 1.12 3.61 2.82 99 3.57 72.9
2012 RCU A+ CAL 27 23 130.0 6 12 0 157 51 103 26 97 10.9 3.5 1.8 7.1 0% .326 1.60 6.11 6.58 115 5.63 117.3
2013 GRL A MID 14 14 72.0 2 7 0 80 28 70 6 102 10.0 3.5 0.8 8.8 0% .332 1.50 3.72 4.88 100 5.99 130.2
2013 JUP A+ FSL 10 10 50.3 4 3 0 45 21 42 5 93 8.0 3.8 0.9 7.5 0% .274 1.31 4.17 3.22 106 3.72 80.7
2013 RCU A+ CAL 2 1 9.0 0 0 0 8 2 12 0 90 8.0 2.0 0.0 12.0 0% .364 1.11 1.76 3.00 71 3.37 73.2
2014 WNS A+ CAR 2 2 12.7 1 1 0 13 3 9 1 99 9.2 2.1 0.7 6.4 0% .308 1.26 4.06 4.26 98 4.31 91.3
2014 ALT AA EAS 6 5 33.3 0 2 0 40 10 21 5 103 10.8 2.7 1.4 5.7 0% .321 1.50 4.94 4.32 115 6.46 136.7
2014 BIR AA SOU 3 3 15.0 1 2 0 22 5 9 2 101 13.2 3.0 1.2 5.4 0% .364 1.80 4.71 6.60 111 6.25 132.2
2014 JAX AA SOU 12 12 52.3 0 8 0 69 18 30 2 99 11.9 3.1 0.3 5.2 0% .347 1.66 3.73 6.88 107 6.30 133.4
2014 MNT AA SOU 2 2 9.0 0 1 0 11 2 6 2 99 11.0 2.0 2.0 6.0 0% .300 1.44 5.40 8.00 109 6.17 130.5
2015 ALT AA EAS 13 13 77.3 8 1 0 72 19 49 4 97 8.4 2.2 0.5 5.7 0% .279 1.18 3.49 2.79 98 3.91 85.7
2015 IND AAA INT 10 10 60.0 5 1 0 49 15 50 6 100 7.4 2.3 0.9 7.5 0% .250 1.07 3.68 2.55 90 2.81 61.6
2017 PIT MLB NL 8 0 12.3 1 0 0 16 1 10 5 11.7 0.7 3.6 7.3 42% .289 1.38 7.07 8.76 114 5.59 118.9
2017 IND AAA INT 39 0 55.3 3 5 1 51 15 65 4 8.3 2.4 0.7 10.6 55% .326 1.19 2.80 3.74 81 3.98 84.6

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2017 208 0.5000 0.5144 0.7383 0.7019 0.3269 0.8904 0.4118 0.2617
Career2080.50000.51440.73830.70190.32690.89040.41180.2617

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2014-05-19 2014-05-30 Minors 11 0 Right Arm Tendonitis Triceps - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2017 PIT $

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 40 d2018

Details
  • 1 year/$1.1M (2018). Signed by SK Wyverns of KBO 11/17.
  • 1 year (2017). Re-signed by Pittsburgh (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Pittsburgh 8/23/17. Released by Pittsburgh 11/27/17.
  • 2016. Did not play.
  • 1 year (2015). Re-signed by Pittsburgh (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2014). Contract selected by Miami 11/20/13. Re-signed by Miami 3/1/14. Claimed by Tampa Bay off waivers from Miami 6/13/14. Claimed by Chicago White Sox off waivers 7/2/14 after being DFA by Tampa Bay 6/30/14. Claimed by Pittsburgh off waivers from Chicago White Sox 7/31/14. Sent outright to Triple-A by Pittsburgh 12/8/14.
  • Acquired by Miami in trade from LA Dodgers 7/6/13 (Nolasco deal).
  • Signed by LA Dodgers as an amateur free agent from the Dominican Republic 7/12/10.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR BABIP WHIP ERA DRA VORP WARP
90o 0 2.8 0.5 18 6 51.7 39 15 51 5 .259 1.05 2.72 3.02 0.5 0.1
80o 0 2.6 0.5 16 5 45.8 38 14 46 4 .274 1.14 3.07 3.41 -1.4 -0.2
70o 0 2.5 0.4 14 5 41.7 36 14 41 4 .285 1.20 3.33 3.69 -2.5 -0.3
60o 0 2.3 0.4 13 4 38.2 35 13 38 4 .295 1.26 3.55 3.94 -3.2 -0.4
50o 0 2.2 0.3 12 4 35.1 33 13 35 4 .303 1.31 3.76 4.18 -3.9 -0.4
40o 0 2.1 0.3 11 4 32.0 32 12 32 4 .312 1.37 3.97 4.41 -4.3 -0.5
30o 0 1.9 0.3 10 3 28.8 30 11 29 3 .321 1.43 4.20 4.67 -4.6 -0.5
20o 0 1.7 0.2 9 3 25.1 27 10 25 3 .332 1.50 4.48 4.98 -4.8 -0.5
10o 0 1.5 0.2 7 2 20.3 24 9 20 3 .347 1.61 4.87 5.42 -4.8 -0.5
Weighted Mean02.20.312434.43212344.3011.303.734.14-3.6-0.4

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Angel Sánchez has thrown 1,280 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2012 and 2023, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2023, he has relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (93mph) and Splitter (87mph), also mixing in a Slider (83mph) and Curve (80mph). He also rarely throws a Sinker (93mph).