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Birth Date	2-27-1984
Height	6' 0"
Weight	205 lbs

Age	41 years, 1 months, 14 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

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Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
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YEAR	Team	G	GS	IP	W	L	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-	WARP
2006	FLO	18	17	114.3	10	3	90	46	72	9	93	7.1	3.6	0.7	5.7	0%	.240	1.19	4.18	2.83	111	5.48	111.6	0.4
2007	FLO	6	6	30.0	2	1	43	19	14	3	102	12.9	5.7	0.9	4.2	0%	.354	2.07	5.63	4.80	119	7.72	159.8	-0.6
2008	FLO	10	10	51.7	2	5	54	27	50	7	96	9.4	4.7	1.2	8.7	0%	.311	1.57	4.84	5.57	105	4.91	104.6	0.4
2009	FLO	16	16	86.0	4	8	84	46	71	10	97	8.8	4.8	1.0	7.4	0%	.290	1.51	4.55	3.87	106	4.80	102.9	0.7
2010	FLO	32	32	195.0	13	12	192	70	157	10	92	8.9	3.2	0.5	7.2	0%	.305	1.34	3.34	3.55	93	3.85	86.9	3.2
2011	FLO	32	32	196.3	8	9	187	64	202	20	94	8.6	2.9	0.9	9.3	0%	.310	1.28	3.31	3.67	84	2.95	68.5	4.9
2012	DET	12	12	74.7	4	6	81	15	57	8	105	9.8	1.8	1.0	6.9	0%	.313	1.29	3.63	3.74	88	3.21	73.7	1.7
2012	MIA	19	19	121.0	5	7	119	33	110	12	94	8.9	2.5	0.9	8.2	0%	.308	1.26	3.47	3.94	83	2.86	65.5	3.3
2012	TOT	31	31	195.7	9	13	200	48	167	20	98	9.2	2.2	0.9	7.7	0%	.000	1.27	3.53	3.86	85	2.99	68.6	5.0
2013	DET	29	29	182.0	14	8	156	54	202	9	100	7.7	2.7	0.4	10.0	0%	.307	1.15	2.42	2.57	73	2.62	62.6	5.1
2014	DET	22	21	126.0	8	5	108	30	102	4	108	7.7	2.1	0.3	7.3	0%	.277	1.10	2.74	3.43	90	3.64	89.4	1.8
2015	DET	25	25	157.0	10	10	152	49	138	29	106	8.7	2.8	1.7	7.9	0%	.278	1.28	4.70	4.99	106	4.50	105.1	1.1
2016	DET	35	26	153.3	7	13	171	53	135	30	108	10.0	3.1	1.8	7.9	41%	.317	1.46	5.02	5.87	110	5.53	122.3	-0.4
2017	DET	28	17	105.3	3	7	139	29	104	26	109	11.9	2.5	2.2	8.9	37%	.354	1.59	5.31	6.41	110	6.22	132.3	-0.8
2018	ATL	25	24	136.7	7	6	106	42	135	15	96	7.0	2.8	1.0	8.9	47%	.255	1.08	3.58	2.83	88	2.75	61.5	4.0
2019	WAS	30	30	166.0	11	8	153	58	134	22	104	8.3	3.1	1.2	7.3	39%	.265	1.27	4.39	3.85	104	4.39	90.1	2.5
Career		339	316	1895.3	108	108	1835	635	1683	214	100	8.7	3.0	1.0	8.0	45%	.297	1.30	3.88	3.98	96	4.06	90.1	27.4

Statistics for All Levels

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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	GS	IP	W	L	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-
2004	LOW	A-	NYP	15	15	76.3	4	4	43	29	101	3		5.1	3.4	0.4	11.9	0%	.230	0.94	2.70	1.77	0	0.00	0.0
2005	WIL	A+	CRL	14	14	78.7	6	1	53	24	95	7	91	6.1	2.7	0.8	10.9	0%	-.357	0.98	3.10	2.40	61	2.63	51.8
2005	PME	AA	EAS	11	11	57.3	3	5	53	16	63	5	30	8.3	2.5	0.8	9.9	0%	-.539	1.20	3.18	3.46	88	4.62	91.1
2006	FLO	MLB	NL	18	17	114.3	10	3	90	46	72	9	93	7.1	3.6	0.7	5.7	0%	.240	1.19	4.18	2.83	111	5.48	111.6
2006	CAR	AA	SOU	15	15	85.0	3	6	82	27	92	7		8.7	2.9	0.7	9.7	0%	.315	1.28	2.90	3.18	0	0.00	0.0
2007	FLO	MLB	NL	6	6	30.0	2	1	43	19	14	3	102	12.9	5.7	0.9	4.2	0%	.354	2.07	5.63	4.80	119	7.72	159.8
2008	FLO	MLB	NL	10	10	51.7	2	5	54	27	50	7	96	9.4	4.7	1.2	8.7	0%	.311	1.57	4.84	5.57	105	4.91	104.6
2008	JUP	A+	FSL	2	2	10.0	0	0	7	4	9	0	92	6.3	3.6	0.0	8.1	0%	.259	1.10	2.60	1.80	96	4.17	85.3
2008	CAR	AA	SOU	2	2	13.0	1	0	12	5	12	0	105	8.3	3.5	0.0	8.3	0%	.343	1.31	2.54	3.46	80	4.71	96.3
2008	MRL	Rk	GCL	1	1	5.0	1	0	4	1	4	0	108	7.2	1.8	0.0	7.2	0%	.308	1.00	2.54	3.60	93	3.79	77.6
2009	FLO	MLB	NL	16	16	86.0	4	8	84	46	71	10	97	8.8	4.8	1.0	7.4	0%	.290	1.51	4.55	3.87	106	4.80	102.9
2009	JUP	A+	FSL	3	3	13.3	1	0	7	3	12	0	100	4.7	2.0	0.0	8.1	0%	.206	0.75	2.06	0.68	81	2.61	54.8
2009	JAX	AA	SOU	2	2	10.3	1	0	5	3	8	1	91	4.4	2.6	0.9	7.0	0%	.148	0.78	3.68	2.62	100	2.47	52.0
2009	MRL	Rk	GCL	1	1	2.7	0	0	3	2	0	0	85	10.0	6.7	0.0	0.0	0%	.273	1.85	5.53	3.33	121	5.15	108.4
2010	FLO	MLB	NL	32	32	195.0	13	12	192	70	157	10	92	8.9	3.2	0.5	7.2	0%	.305	1.34	3.34	3.55	93	3.85	86.9
2011	FLO	MLB	NL	32	32	196.3	8	9	187	64	202	20	94	8.6	2.9	0.9	9.3	0%	.310	1.28	3.31	3.67	84	2.95	68.5
2012	DET	MLB	AL	12	12	74.7	4	6	81	15	57	8	105	9.8	1.8	1.0	6.9	0%	.313	1.29	3.63	3.74	88	3.21	73.7
2012	MIA	MLB	NL	19	19	121.0	5	7	119	33	110	12	94	8.9	2.5	0.9	8.2	0%	.308	1.26	3.47	3.94	83	2.86	65.5
2013	DET	MLB	AL	29	29	182.0	14	8	156	54	202	9	100	7.7	2.7	0.4	10.0	0%	.307	1.15	2.42	2.57	73	2.62	62.6
2013	LAK	A+	FSL	1	0	1.7	0	0	2	0	0	0		10.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0%	.333	1.20	3.24	0.00	111	5.86	127.3
2013	VEN	int	WBC	1	1	0.3	0	1	3	1	1	0		81.0	27.0	0.0	27.0	0%	.600	12.00	6.63	54.00	0	0.00	0.0
2014	DET	MLB	AL	22	21	126.0	8	5	108	30	102	4	108	7.7	2.1	0.3	7.3	0%	.277	1.10	2.74	3.43	90	3.64	89.4
2015	DET	MLB	AL	25	25	157.0	10	10	152	49	138	29	106	8.7	2.8	1.7	7.9	0%	.278	1.28	4.70	4.99	106	4.50	105.1
2016	DET	MLB	AL	35	26	153.3	7	13	171	53	135	30	108	10.0	3.1	1.8	7.9	41%	.317	1.46	5.02	5.87	110	5.53	122.3
2017	DET	MLB	AL	28	17	105.3	3	7	139	29	104	26	109	11.9	2.5	2.2	8.9	37%	.354	1.59	5.31	6.41	110	6.22	132.3
2017	WMI	A	MID	1	1	4.0	0	1	5	2	3	0	97	11.3	4.5	0.0	6.8	31%	.385	1.75	3.50	6.75	103	6.03	128.3
2017	TOL	AAA	INT	4	4	15.7	0	2	17	5	20	3	95	9.8	2.9	1.7	11.5	47%	.350	1.40	4.23	4.60	93	4.68	99.6
2018	ATL	MLB	NL	25	24	136.7	7	6	106	42	135	15	96	7.0	2.8	1.0	8.9	47%	.255	1.08	3.58	2.83	88	2.75	61.5
2018	GWN	AAA	INT	2	2	6.7	0	1	9	4	9	2	99	12.2	5.4	2.7	12.2	37%	.412	1.95	6.33	10.80	115	7.00	147.9
2019	WAS	MLB	NL	30	30	166.0	11	8	153	58	134	22	104	8.3	3.1	1.2	7.3	39%	.265	1.27	4.39	3.85	104	4.39	90.1

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2008	851	0.5076	0.4348	0.7351	0.5602	0.3055	0.8595	0.5000	0.2649
2009	1445	0.5093	0.4353	0.7854	0.6005	0.2638	0.8484	0.6364	0.2146
2010	3210	0.5355	0.4548	0.7774	0.5916	0.2971	0.8397	0.6343	0.2226
2011	3195	0.5083	0.4782	0.7435	0.6262	0.3253	0.8151	0.6008	0.2565
2012	2929	0.5084	0.4667	0.7696	0.6118	0.3167	0.8496	0.6096	0.2304
2013	2973	0.4871	0.4618	0.7072	0.6036	0.3272	0.8135	0.5210	0.2928
2014	2085	0.4873	0.4710	0.7841	0.6112	0.3377	0.8647	0.6454	0.2159
2015	2522	0.4818	0.4500	0.7656	0.5926	0.3175	0.8472	0.6241	0.2344
2016	2573	0.4986	0.4637	0.7829	0.6391	0.2891	0.8402	0.6568	0.2171
2017	1852	0.5011	0.4525	0.7601	0.6164	0.2879	0.8444	0.5789	0.2399
2018	2125	0.4725	0.4527	0.7453	0.6086	0.3131	0.8183	0.6182	0.2547
2019	2686	0.4661	0.4806	0.7738	0.6478	0.3347	0.8459	0.6521	0.2262
Career	28446	0.4973	0.4615	0.7607	0.6123	0.3122	0.8381	0.6111	0.2393

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
2014-08-09	2014-09-23	15-DL	45	43	Right	Chest	Strain	Pectoralis Major	-
2014-04-27	2014-05-18	15-DL	21	17	Left	Fingers	Laceration	Middle Finger	-	-
2014-03-13	2014-03-31	Camp	18	0	Right	Shoulder	Inflammation		-	-
2013-06-16	2013-07-05	15-DL	19	18	Right	Shoulder	Strain		-	-
2013-06-05	2013-06-15	DTD	10	9	Left	Shoulder	Stiffness		-	-
2012-03-02	2012-03-14	Camp	12	0	Right	Shoulder	Soreness		-	-
2011-03-11	2011-03-20	Camp	9	0	Right	Lower Leg	Contusion	Batted Ball	-
2009-06-03	2009-08-21	60-DL	79	68	Right	Shoulder	Strain		-
2009-05-08	2009-06-02	15-DL	25	23	Right	Shoulder	Strain		-
2008-03-24	2008-07-31	60-DL	129	108	Right	Shoulder	Recovery From Surgery	Labrum	2007-06-21
2007-05-05	2007-10-01	Minors	149	0	Right	Shoulder	Surgery	Labrum	2007-06-21
2007-01-24	2007-01-24	Off	0	0	Right	Shoulder	Inflammation		-
2006-09-16	2006-09-16	DTD	0	0	Right	Hand	Contusion	Batted Ball	-
2006-03-05	2006-03-08	Camp	3	0	Right	Shoulder	Soreness		-
2003-06-21	2003-09-01	Minors	72	0	Right	Elbow	Surgery	Tommy John Surgery	-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2006	FLO	$327,000
2007	FLO	$381,000
2008	FLO	$390,000
2009	FLO	$400,000
2010	FLO	$1,250,000
2011	FLO	$3,700,000
2012	MIA	$8,000,000
2013	DET	$8,800,000
2014	DET	$15,800,000
2015	DET	$16,800,000
2016	DET	$16,800,000
2017	DET	$16,800,000
2018	MIN	$403,226
2018	ATL	$
2019	WAS	$8,000,000
2020	WAS	$9,000,000
2021	WAS	$2,000,000
2022	WAS	$2,000,000

Years	Description	Salary
17 yr	Previous	$110,851,226
17 yr	Total	$110,851,226

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
14 y 83 d	Mato Sports	1 year/$2M (2022)

Details

1 year (2022). Signed by Washington as a free agent 3/13/22 (minor-league contract). Salary of $2M in majors. May earn additional $1.5M in performance bonuses. Contract selected by Washington 4/5/22. Retired 5/16/23.
2021. Did not pitch.
2 years/$19M (2019-20), plus 2021 club option. Signed by Washington as a free agent 12/27/18. 19:$8M, 20:$9M, 21:$12M club option ($2M buyout). $2M/year in 2019, 2020 is deferred, to be paid 1/15/21. Performance bonuses: $500,000 each for 18, 22, 26, 30 starts.
1 year/$2.5M (2018). Signed by Minnesota as a free agent 2/16/18 (non-guaranteed, split contract paying $500,000 in minors). May earn additional $2.5M in performance bonuses. Released by Minnesota 3/11/18 (due 30 days' pay, $403,226). Signed by Atlanta as a free agent 3/16/18 (minor-league contract). Salary of $1M in majors. Contract selected by Atlanta 4/2/18.
5 years/$80M (2013-17), plus 2018 option. Re-signed by Detroit as a free agent 12/14/12. $4M signing bonus. 13:$8M, 14:$15M, 15:$16M, 16:$16M, 17:$16M, 18:$16M club option, $5M buyout.
1 year/$8M (2012). Won in arbitration with Miami 2/6/12 ($8M-$6.9M). Acquired by Detroit in trade from Miami 7/23/12.
1 year/$3.7M (2011). Re-signed by Florida 1/18/11 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$1.25M (2010). Re-signed by Florida 1/18/10 (avoided arbitration). Won grievance 3/12/09, receiving back pay for major league salary he should have earned during 2007 stint on disabled list.
1 year/$400,000 (2009). Renewed by Florida 2/28/09 ($0.234M in minors).
1 year/$390,000 (2008). Renewed by Florida 3/2/08.
1 year/$381,000 (2007). Renewed by Florida 3/07.
1 year/$327,000 (2006). Signed 3/06.
1 year (2005). Contract purchased 11/04. Re-signed 3/05. Acquired by Florida in trade from Boston 11/05.
Signed 2001 as an amateur free agent from Venezuela.

2019 Preseason Forecast

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

PCT	W	G	GS	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	BABIP	WHIP	ERA	DRA	VORP	WARP
90^o	0.6	1	1	16.9	14	5	17	2	.264	1.10	3.01	3.27	0.0	0.0
80^o	0.6	1	1	12.8	11	4	13	2	.275	1.16	3.33	3.62	-0.2	0.0
70^o	0.6	1	1	9.9	9	3	10	1	.284	1.21	3.57	3.87	-0.4	0.0
60^o	0.6	1	1	7.5	7	2	7	1	.291	1.25	3.77	4.09	-0.5	-0.1
50^o	0.5	1	1	5.3	5	2	5	1	.297	1.29	3.96	4.3	-0.6	-0.1
40^o	0.5	1	1	3.1	3	1	3	0	.304	1.33	4.16	4.51	-0.7	-0.1
30^o	0.5	1	1	0.9	1	0	1	0	.311	1.38	4.36	4.74	-0.9	-0.1
Weighted Mean	0.5	1	1	4.9	5	2	5	1	.296	1.29	3.94	4.28	-0.6	-0.1

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2019-10-02 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Strasburg threw 34 pitches yesterday. If he started Game 2 that would mean he would have 2 days rest afterwards. Realistic to treat last night like a bullpen session or too optimistic for the Nats? (Charlie from Bethesda)	I think the stress of the game makes it unlikely that it gets treated like a bullpen session. Matt Trueblood wrote a great piece on why the Nats should piggyback Stras/Scherzer (which they did), and it involved Anibal Sanchez going as the G2 starter. That might be uncomfortable for some but he's good two times through the order, and you could potentially piggyback Strasburg again if you need to OR set up him for Game 3 and give Scherzer extra rest for 4 and have Corbin on extra rest for 5. (Craig Goldstein)
2019-07-24 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Can Anibal Sanchez continue this positive trend? (Craig from Chicago)	I don't see why not! No one (I hope) was expecting Sanchez to touch his 4.0 WARP from last season, but I do still think his true talent is at least slightly higher than the league-average starter he's been this year (which isn't a bad thing to be). DRA thinks his 3.80 ERA is already more than a full run below where it should be, but a 4.00 ERA the rest of the season seems totally possible (and something the Nats might sorely need if they want to make the playoffs). (Ginny Searle)
2019-04-24 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Is there enough in-house for the White Sox to realistically build a competitive rotation? Or do they need at least one or maybe two outside additions to have a playoff-caliber staff? (e.g. Cole and/or Greinke). (nschaef from NYC)	My default answer to "can a team build a competitive rotation in-house" is no. It just doesn't happen that much. Even a system like Atlanta's last year saw Gausman acquired and Anibal Sanchez come from outside the org. There's too much attrition in arms. In this era of depth the answer is always to bring in more depth. (Craig Goldstein)
2018-12-18 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Any breakout pitchers from 2018 you have a feeling are due for major regression in 2019? Happens every year. I have my eye on Freeland, Corbin, Bauer, and Snell, and MadBum (though he's obviously regressed) for guys who take a may big step back next year (spwood from DE)	Bumgarner's been in retreat from his lofty heights for a while. I'm with you on Corbin. But in general, pretty much any pitcher who has a surprisingly great year is going to regress some thereafter. Players suddenly making a quantum leap are pretty rare. Freeland I have hard time figuring out, but "home ERA greater than 2.40" is one of the safer bets I can imagine. His DRA was good but over a run higher than his ERA. Is Anibal Sanchez too obvious? Or Dereck Rodriguez? (Rob Mains)
2015-07-23 17:00:00 (link to chat)	Anibal Sanchez anything more than a streamer in 10 tm? I keep waiting for him to start pitching well and he keeps wanting to give up the long ball (The Dude from Couch)	In that format he's definitely a streamer. He's kind of fringy in 12-team mixed right now tbqh. (Mike Gianella)

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2025, Aníbal Sánchez threw 31,893 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2008 and 2022, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2022, he relied primarily on his Cutter (87mph), Change (82mph) and Fourseam Fastball (89mph), also mixing in a Sinker (89mph), Slider (83mph) and Curve (75mph). He also rarely threw a Splitter (67mph).