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Aaron Sanchez
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 4" 212LBS | Age: 32
Draft: 2010 | Rd: C-A, #34, Toronto Blue Jays | Barstow HS
W
L
ERA
G
GS
SV
IP
SO
WHIP
2019 5 14 5.89 27 27 0 131.1 115 1.62
2021 1 1 3.06 9 7 0 35.1 26 1.33
2022 3 4 6.60 15 10 0 60 41 1.55
8 Seasons 38 38 4.16 174 113 3 685 541 1.38
G
W-L
ERA
IP
SO
WHIP
2019 27 5-14 5.89 131.1 115 1.62
2021 9 1-1 3.06 35.1 26 1.33
2022 15 3-4 6.60 60 41 1.55
8 Seasons 174 38-38 4.16 685 541 1.38
20222022 MLB Percentile Rankings
ValuesavantPOORAVERAGEGREATPitching Run Value-9NOT QUALIFIED17Fastball Run Value-4NOT QUALIFIED28Breaking Run Value-5NOT QUALIFIED10Offspeed Run Value1NOT QUALIFIED64PitchingxERA4.53NOT QUALIFIED23xBA.277NOT QUALIFIED6Fastball Velo92.2NOT QUALIFIED24Avg Exit Velocity92.4NOT QUALIFIED1Chase %29.6NOT QUALIFIED50Whiff %18.3NOT QUALIFIED4K %15.5NOT QUALIFIED7BB %5.7NOT QUALIFIED82Barrel %5.9NOT QUALIFIED75Hard-Hit %48.0NOT QUALIFIED1GB %54.9NOT QUALIFIED92Extension6.9NOT QUALIFIED90
20222022 Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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MLB AVG.ARM ANGLE30°12"24"6"12"18"24"12"24"12"24"15.8 INCHES TAIL6.2 INCHES RISEAVG11.5 INCHES TAIL13.8 INCHES RISEAVG12.8 INCHES BREAK10.7 INCHES DROPAVG16.4 INCHES TAIL9.6 INCHES RISEAVG1B3BMOVES TOWARD︎MORERISEMOREDROPUSAGEMPHRHP AVGSinker40%92.193.6Curve28%79.179.74-Seam21%92.494.3Change11%87.886.0SAMPLE100 PITCH

Statcast Statistics

Season
Age
Pitches
Batted
Balls
Barrels
Barrel %
Barrel/PA
Exit
Velocity
Max EV
Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA
XSLG
WOBA
XWOBA
XWOBACON
HardHit%
K%
BB%
ERA
xERA
2015 22 1449 272 12 4.4 3.2 89.4 114.0 0.3 26.5 .253 .371 .297 .324 .337 37.5 16.1 11.6 3.22 4.40
2016 23 2919 561 34 6.1 4.3 90.0 116.5 4.5 27.5 .251 .399 .277 .313 .357 39.8 20.4 8.0 3.00 4.13
2017 24 613 122 8 6.6 4.8 87.1 112.0 7.5 34.4 .286 .486 .362 .371 .389 36.4 14.4 12.0 4.25 6.20
2018 25 1794 323 27 8.4 5.7 89.2 113.3 8.2 32.2 .263 .436 .337 .350 .377 39.0 18.1 12.2 4.89 5.33
2019 26 2305 410 31 7.6 5.1 89.8 114.1 8.9 29.5 .261 .435 .353 .343 .373 42.2 19.0 11.2 5.89 5.30
2021 28 595 111 5 4.5 3.2 86.5 113.2 5.6 27.9 .232 .343 .296 .302 .305 36.0 16.7 9.6 3.06 3.84
2022 29 1006 204 12 5.9 4.5 92.4 113.2 8.0 28.4 .277 .417 .372 .328 .359 48.0 15.5 5.7 6.60 4.53
Player 10681 2003 129 6.4 4.5 89.6 116.5 6.0 29.1 .259 .413 .321 .331 .360 40.3 18.1 10.0
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Sanchez relies on 4 pitches.
Sinker
(40.3%) ,
Curveball
(28.4%) ,
Four Seamer
(20.6%) ,
Changeup
(10.7%) ,

Sinker405 Pitches (40.3%)
Curveball286 Pitches (28.4%)
Four Seamer207 Pitches (20.6%)
Changeup108 Pitches (10.7%)

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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

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Batted Ball Breakdown
Season
GB %
AIR %
FB %
LD %
PU %
Pull %
Straight %
Oppo %
Pull GB %
Straight GB %
Oppo GB %
Pull AIR %
Straight AIR %
Oppo AIR %
2015 61.8 38.2 15.4 21.3 1.5 35.3 41.2 23.5 26.1 28.3 7.4 9.2 12.9 16.2
2016 55.3 44.7 17.5 22.6 4.6 32.6 38.9 28.5 23.5 22.5 9.3 9.1 16.4 19.3
2017 48.4 51.6 17.2 28.7 5.7 32.0 44.3 21.3 19.7 19.7 7.4 12.3 24.6 13.9
2018 50.5 49.5 20.4 23.5 5.6 36.8 38.7 24.1 22.9 21.7 5.9 13.9 17.0 18.3
2019 48.3 51.7 20.5 24.9 6.3 36.1 39.3 24.6 20.5 20.5 7.3 15.6 18.8 17.3
2021 53.2 46.8 21.6 19.8 5.4 36.9 39.6 23.4 28.8 18.9 5.4 8.1 20.7 18.0
2022 54.9 45.1 21.6 21.1 2.5 34.8 44.1 21.1 24.0 24.5 6.4 10.8 19.6 14.7
Player 53.4 46.6 18.9 23.1 4.6 34.8 40.1 24.9 23.3 22.6 7.4 11.5 17.6 17.4
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 20.6 17.8 6.0 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season
Weak %
Topped %
Under %
Flare/Burner %
Solid %
Barrel %
Barrel/PA
2015 2.2 49.6 14.7 25.4 3.3 4.4 3.2
2016 2.0 45.1 16.0 23.9 5.7 6.1 4.3
2017 4.9 36.9 21.3 25.4 4.1 6.6 4.8
2018 2.5 38.1 21.7 25.1 4.0 8.4 5.7
2019 2.7 36.3 21.7 26.6 5.1 7.6 5.1
2021 6.3 36.0 23.4 23.4 6.3 4.5 3.2
2022 3.4 35.3 16.2 31.4 7.4 5.9 4.5
Player 2.8 40.8 18.7 25.7 5.1 6.4 4.5
MLB 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

Created with Highcharts 6.2.0Chart context menuAaron Sanchez Vertical Movement vs Avg (Inches) by SeasonSource: baseballsavant.mlb.comCurveballChangeupSinkerFour SeamerCutterSlider20152016201720182019202020212022-5-2.502.557.5

How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)
Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
Year
Pitch
Team
Hand
#
MPH
Vertical
Drop
vs.
Comparable
Horizontal
Break
vs.
Comparable
Vertical
Break
vs. Avg
Horizontal
Break
vs. Avg
2022 Curveball MIN R 285 79.1 54.6 1.4 12.8GLV 2.9 -10.7 0.8 12.8GLV 3.7
2022 Changeup MIN R 107 87.8 29.3 -0.4 15.7ARM 1.2 6.2 -0.3 15.7ARM 1.6
2022 Sinker MIN R 405 92.1 22.6 0.0 16.4ARM 1.8 9.6 -1.3 16.4ARM 1.7
2022 4-Seam Fastball MIN R 207 92.4 18.3 -2.6 11.5ARM 4.3 13.8 -2.4 11.5ARM 4.1
2021 4-Seam Fastball SF R 111 90.1 19.9 -2.7 9.6ARM 3.3 13.7 -2.5 9.6ARM 2.4
2021 Sinker SF R 182 89.8 24.3 0.4 16.1ARM 2.0 9.6 -0.8 16.1ARM 1.4
2021 Changeup SF R 120 83.3 33.5 0.4 13.2ARM -0.7 5.8 0.5 13.2ARM -0.7
2021 Curveball SF R 182 74.2 61.4 0.0 14.1GLV 2.7 -11.4 1.3 14.1GLV 4.9
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year
Pitch Type
Team
RV/100
Run Value
Pitches
%
PA
BA
SLG
wOBA
Whiff%
K%
PutAway %
xBA
xSLG
xwOBA
Hard Hit %
2022 Sinker -1.2 -5 405 40.3 121 .358 .547 .426 12.8 10.7 16.5 .300 .451 .363 50.0
2022 Curveball -1.9 -5 286 28.4 74 .300 .514 .366 28.4 27.0 17.9 .268 .443 .327 42.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball 0.5 1 207 20.6 41 .324 .432 .349 17.4 12.2 10.4 .244 .349 .283 48.5
2022 Changeup 0.6 1 108 10.7 28 .250 .286 .270 14.8 10.7 12.0 .258 .318 .249 52.0
2021 Sinker 1.5 3 182 30.6 57 .220 .340 .297 9.8 8.8 12.2 .243 .389 .322 37.8
2021 Curveball 1.6 3 182 30.6 44 .209 .233 .208 32.1 25.0 23.4 .218 .268 .224 31.3
2021 Changeup -0.1 0 120 20.2 33 .250 .393 .341 21.2 24.2 22.2 .191 .329 .294 40.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball -1.4 -2 111 18.7 22 .313 .438 .468 16.2 9.1 8.0 .304 .423 .417 35.7
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year
Pitch Type
Pitches
MPH
Active Spin %
Total Movement (In.)
Spin-Based
Observed
Deviation
2022 Changeup 105 87.8 97 17.4 2:00 2:30 -30
2022 Curveball 284 79.1 71 18.9 7:45 7:30 15
2022 4-Seam Fastball 207 92.4 95 17.7 1:30 1:30 0
2022 Sinker 400 92.1 93 19.3 1:30 2:00 -30
2021 Changeup 120 83.3 98 14.9 2:00 2:30 -30
2021 Curveball 176 74.2 81 20.6 7:45 7:30 15
2021 4-Seam Fastball 110 90.1 94 16.3 1:30 1:15 15
2021 Sinker 179 89.8 92 18.9 1:15 2:00 -45
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
1212345678910114-SEAM FASTBALLSINKERCHANGEUPCURVEBALLAaron SanchezSpin-Based Movement by Pitch TypeSPIN DIRECTION - PITCHER POV
1212345678910114-SEAM FASTBALLSINKERCHANGEUPCURVEBALLAaron SanchezObserved Movement by Pitch TypeSPIN DIRECTION - PITCHER POV
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Pitcher Arm Angle

20212022All YearsClick a year to see pitches
ARM ANGLE35°2021 ARM ANGLE30°2022
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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year
Team
PA
Pitches
Heart
Shadow
Chase
Waste
All
2014 121 465 6 7 -1 -2 11
2015 373 1,425 7 14 -11 -6 4
2016 790 2,919 34 22 -22 -12 22
2017 166 611 -4 6 -4 -3 -6
2018 472 1,793 5 11 -14 -11 -9
2019 603 2,304 5 18 -27 -14 -18
2021 156 595 7 7 -6 -4 4
2022 264 1,006 0 2 -7 -4 -9
Player 2,945 11,118 59 87 -92 59 0
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Plate Discipline

Season
Pitches
Zone %
Zone Swing %
Zone Contact %
Chase %
Chase Contact %
Edge %
1st Pitch Strike %
Swing %
Whiff %
Meatball %
Meatball Swing %
2015 1,449 50.7 60.8 87.3 22.3 61.8 43.1 53.4 41.7 18.9 7.3 68.3
2016 2,919 52.0 60.9 84.3 24.6 62.9 42.9 60.9 43.5 21.0 7.9 73.7
2017 613 48.6 59.3 87.5 23.2 75.3 39.1 59.3 40.8 16.0 7.5 69.6
2018 1,794 47.2 64.8 81.4 23.0 57.3 43.6 58.9 42.8 24.6 6.5 77.8
2019 2,305 47.1 66.6 83.5 24.9 64.0 41.9 59.8 44.5 21.8 7.7 71.8
2021 595 47.7 66.2 84.0 21.5 64.2 40.3 49.4 42.9 20.4 9.4 75.0
2022 1,006 49.3 65.5 86.2 29.6 70.9 45.0 61.9 47.3 18.3 7.5 69.3
Player 10,681 49.3 63.3 84.4 24.3 63.8 42.6 58.7 43.5 20.9 7.6 72.6
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year
xwOBA /
xERA
xBA
xSLG
xISO
xOBP
Brl
Brl%
EV
Hard
Hit%
K%
BB%
Whiff%
Chase
Rate
FB
Velo
FB
Spin
CB
Spin
Extension
2015 26 33 59 75 7 55 67 15 11 20 5 16 1 87 72 97 78
2016 48 44 52 58 48 12 46 9 10 46 47 30 8 85 62 94 56
2017 79 73 94 67
2018 9 17 20 28 3 24 17 23 19 21 7 48 4 62 66 96 80
2019 18 28 35 45 8 20 37 20 8 22 14 22 9 55 50 89 80
2021 8 10 54 94
2022 23 6 25 52 19 68 75 1 1 7 82 4 50 24 26 72 90
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year
Team
Avg HR Trot
Actual HR
xHR
HR-xHR
Doubters
Mostly Gone
No Doubters
No Doubter %
2016 22.3 17 21.0 -4 9 21 7 41.2
2017 23.5 6 5.7 0 2 5 2 33.3
2018 21.6 11 12.2 -1 8 11 5 45.5
2019 23.9 20 17.9 2 5 14 8 40.0
2021 22.8 2 1.3 1 0 2 0 0.0
2022 23.9 8 5.7 2 3 4 3 37.5
Player 23.1 64 63.8 0 27 57 25 39.1
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year
HR
2016 17 22 20 22 18 16 24 19 13 14 20 22 23 19 19 25 11 15 26 21 22 21 32 32 20 21 20 29 28 22 14
2017 6 5 5 4 6 6 7 5 3 5 5 7 6 6 6 5 6 5 7 5 7 7 7 7 6 5 5 8 7 6 3
2018 11 15 10 13 13 9 14 12 9 7 11 15 16 9 10 15 11 10 11 14 14 12 20 14 9 8 10 17 17 13 9
2019 20 21 14 18 20 20 21 16 15 13 15 21 18 18 17 18 17 16 18 22 18 19 23 21 16 15 15 21 21 17 12
2021 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1
2022 8 6 6 4 6 5 7 5 4 3 4 5 7 6 4 5 5 6 4 5 8 7 9 7 3 5 5 7 8 7 7
Player 64 70 57 62 64 57 75 58 44 43 55 71 72 59 57 69 51 53 68 68 71 68 93 82 56 55 56 84 83 66 46
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric
2015
2016
+/-
 
2017
+/-
 
2018
+/-
 
2019
+/-
 
2020
+/-
 
2021
+/-
 
2022
+/-
 
Fastball Velocity 95.6 95.4 -0.2 94.9 -0.5 93.7 -1.2 -- -0.1 -- -- 89.9 -- 92.2 2.3
Offspeed Velocity 90.0 88.8 -1.2 88.8 0.0 88.4 -0.4 -- -0.4 -- -- 83.3 -- 87.8 4.5
Breaking Velocity 80.3 78.6 -1.7 79.5 0.9 79.0 -0.5 -- -0.6 -- -- 74.2 -- 79.1 4.9
Exit Velocity 89.4 90.0 0.6 87.1 -2.9 89.2 2.1 -- 0.6 -- -- 86.5 -- 92.4 5.9
Launch Angle 0.3 4.5 4.2 7.5 3.0 8.2 0.7 -- 0.7 -- -- 5.6 -- 8.0 2.4
Barrel % 4.4 6.1 1.7 6.6 0.5 8.4 1.8 -- -0.8 -- -- 4.5 -- 5.9 1.4
Hard Hit % 37.5 39.8 2.3 36.4 -3.4 39.0 2.6 -- 3.2 -- -- 36.0 -- 48.0 12.0
LA Sweet-Spot % 26.5 27.5 1.0 34.4 6.9 32.2 -2.2 -- -2.7 -- -- 27.9 -- 28.4 0.5
xBA .253 .251 -0.002 .286 0.035 .263 -0.023 -- -0.002 -- -- .232 -- .277 0.045
BA .224 .224 0.000 .288 0.064 .262 -0.026 -- 0.016 -- -- .234 -- .324 0.090
xwOBA .324 .313 -0.011 .371 0.058 .350 -0.021 -- -0.007 -- -- .302 -- .328 0.026
wOBA .297 .277 -0.020 .362 0.085 .337 -0.025 -- 0.016 -- -- .296 -- .372 0.076
xSLG .371 .399 0.028 .486 0.087 .436 -0.050 -- -0.001 -- -- .343 -- .417 0.074
SLG .345 .335 -0.010 .459 0.124 .407 -0.052 -- 0.050 -- -- .328 -- .490 0.162
K% 16.1 20.4 4.3 14.4 -6.0 18.1 3.7 -- 0.9 -- -- 16.7 -- 15.5 -1.2
BB% 11.6 8.0 -3.6 12.0 4.0 12.2 0.2 -- -1.0 -- -- 9.6 -- 5.7 -3.9
Swing % 41.7 43.5 1.8 40.8 -2.7 42.8 2.0 -- 1.7 -- -- 42.9 -- 47.3 4.4
Whiff% 18.9 21.0 2.1 16.0 -5.0 24.6 8.6 -- -2.8 -- -- 20.4 -- 18.3 -2.1
In Zone % 50.7 52.0 1.3 48.6 -3.4 47.2 -1.4 -- -0.1 -- -- 47.7 -- 49.3 1.6
Out of Zone % 49.3 48.0 -1.3 51.4 3.4 52.8 1.4 -- 0.1 -- -- 52.3 -- 50.7 -1.6
Out of Zone Swing % 22.3 24.6 2.3 23.2 -1.4 23.0 -0.2 -- 1.9 -- -- 21.5 -- 29.6 8.1
First Pitch Swing % 24.2 29.2 5.0 25.7 -3.5 28.3 2.6 -- -1.5 -- -- 24.4 -- 26.8 2.4
First Pitch Strike % 53.4 60.9 7.5 59.3 -1.6 58.9 -0.4 -- 0.9 -- -- 49.4 -- 61.9 12.5
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHH
vs LHH
Year
Alignment Type
PA
wOBA
PA
Total
%
PA
Total
%
2016 Shifts 778 .277 372 0 0.0 406 85 20.9
2017 Shifts 167 .362 99 0 0.0 68 14 20.6
2018 Shifts 472 .337 232 5 2.2 240 58 24.2
2019 Shifts 603 .353 294 24 8.2 309 88 28.5
2021 Shifts 156 .296 87 8 9.2 69 36 52.2
2022 Shifts 264 .372 156 28 17.9 108 66 61.1
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases Empty
Runners On Base
Season
Team
Pitches
Tempo
Fast %
Slow %
Pitches
Tempo
Fast %
Slow %
2014 158 15.1 46.2% 0.6% 70 22.1 0.0% 4.3%
2015 495 15.5 47.7% 3.4% 223 24.4 4.5% 23.8%
2016 1024 16.4 38.7% 3.6% 437 23.6 4.3% 17.6%
2017 176 17.1 29.5% 1.7% 135 24.4 0.0% 16.3%
2018 533 15.7 39.6% 0.8% 344 22.8 0.3% 7.8%
2019 669 16.6 29.6% 1.5% 403 24.2 0.0% 11.9%
2021 177 17.8 22.0% 2.3% 113 23.8 0.0% 11.5%
2022 311 17.8 18.3% 1.9% 149 23.0 0.0% 6.0%

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Pitch Distribution

Aaron Sanchez - 2022 Frequency of Pitches by Pitch Speed4-Seam FastballChangeupCurveballSinkerAll Pitches75 MPH80 MPH85 MPH90 MPH95 MPHPitch Speed0%5%10%15%Frequency of Speed