Cristopher Sánchez #61

Cristopher Alexis Sánchez…Engaged to Kaimary Perez; has one son…Hobby: Fishing…Signed by: Daniel Santana.

2024

Selected to his first career All-Star Game and set career highs in games (31), starts (31), IP (181.2), wins (11), SO (153) and quality starts (17)...Among all NL pitchers, ranked third in HR/9.0 IP (0.54), FIP (3.00) & xFIP (3.19) and fifth in xERA (3.56)...His 4.7 fWAR was T-sixth-most among MLB pitchers, fourth in the NL and the highest by a Phillies LHP since Cliff Lee (5.6) and Cole Hamels (4.7) in 2013...Was one of a club-record eight Phillies to make the All-Star team and one of five pitchers, also a club record; entered the game in the sixth inning and recorded two outs on two pitches on 7/16 at Globe Life Field...Named NL Pitcher of the Month for June (3-0,1.64 ERA, six ER, 33.0 IP) with 23 SO to BfourB and no HR allowed in five starts...Finished the season with three defensive runs saved which ranked T-5th among all NL pitchers... Made 17 quality starts and the Phillies went 14-3 in those games (.824 win %)...Tossed two complete games, both at CBP, including his first career SHO on 6/28 vs MIA...Had a career-best 19.0-inning scoreless streak, 6/23-7/4...His 57.4% ground ball rate ranked second in the NL (Max Fried, 58.8%) and was the best by a Phillies pitcher in a single season since FanGraphs began tracking batted ball data in 2002...Had a 71.0-inning homerless streak from 4/29-7/4, the longest by a Phillie since Roy Halladay had a 75.1-inning streak in 2011...In 17 starts at CBP, went 7-3, 2.21 ERA (27 ER, 110.0 IP), 0.97 WHIP and held 425 BF to a .222/.253/.291 slash line (.544 OPS)...His 2.21 home ERA was third-best in the NL and fifth-best in MLB...Struck out 91 batters with his changeup and limited batters to a .177 AVG (50-for-282) with it, which ranked second in the NL (min. 100 PA)...Started Game 2 of the NLDS vs NYM on 10/6 (5.0 IP, 2 ER, BB, 5 SO).

2023

Spent the majority of the season with the Phillies and set career highs in games (19), starts (18), IP (99.1) and SO (96)...His 1.45 BB/9.0 IP ranked second in the National League (min. 75.0 IP)...Became the second Phillie in the modern era to make at least 15 starts in a season and walk 16 or fewer batters...Went at least 5.0 IP in 14 of his 18 starts (78%)...Following his recall on 6/17, posted a 1.02 WHIP through the end of the season which ranked second in the NL...Struck out a career-high 10 batters twice: 9/13 vs ATL and 9/24 vs NYM...On 9/13, recorded a career-high 21 swings and misses and 18 of them came against his changeup; it was the most swings and misses any Phillies pitcher has generated with a changeup in the Statcast Era...All 10 of his SO on 9/24 came against his changeup and all of them were swings and misses...Limited the 80 LHH he faced to a .133/.188/.213 slash line (.401 OPS)...Ranked in the 98th percentile in walk rate (4.0%) and the 97th percentile in chase rate (34.8%) per Statcast...Threw 477 changeups and held opponents to a .148 AVG and .274 SLG with a 43.0% whiff rate...Ranked in the 95th percentile in ground ball percentage and his 57.0% ground ball percentage was the third-best mark any Phillie has had in a single season since 2002, when FanGraphs began tracking batted ball stats...When pitching on the road, posted a 2.08 ERA (6 ER, 26.0 IP) with a 0.88 WHIP...Had the eighth-best ERA among LHP in the NL with at least 10 starts...On the 15-day IL with a left triceps strain, 3/27-4/21; included a rehab assignment with Lehigh Valley (AAA)...On 7/30 at PIT, carried a no-hitter through 5.0 innings, the longest no-hit bid of his career...Appeared in 10 games (eight starts) for Lehigh Valley...Made his postseason debut in a start in NLCS Game 4, 10/20 at ARI (2.1 IP, ER); was his lone appearance of the postseason.

2022

Made his first career Opening Day roster... Was optioned to Lehigh Valley (AAA) on 5/1... Had five other stints with the Phillies: 5/8, 6/1-11, 7/5-14, 8/24-9/11 and 9/30-10/1... Was used as both a starter and reliever, posting a 3.38 ERA (5 ER, 13.1 IP) in three starts and a 6.75 ERA (20 ER, 26.2 IP) in 12 relief appearances... Had a stretch of seven straight relief appearances of at least 1.2 IP from 7/24/21-5/1/22, posting a 3.18 ERA over that span (6 ER, 17.0 IP); was the first Phillie to have seven consecutive relief appearances of at least 1.2 IP since 1989, when Greg Harris had nine straight (4/10-5/9)... Had a career-best 11.2-inning scoreless streak from 5/8-7/10 l On 8/24 vs CIN, set career highs in innings (6.0) and strikeouts (7), throwing his first quality start... Recorded his first career save on 10/1 at WSH after pitching 3.0 innings in an 8-2 Phillies win... Held RHH to a .229 AVG (25-109)... Was used almost exclusively as a starter in Lehigh Valley, starting 14 of his 15 games.

2021

Began season at the alternate training site in Lehigh Valley and spent the majority of the season with Lehigh Valley (AAA)...Had five stints with PHI: 4/19, 5/3, 6/6-7, 7/11 and 9/23-remainder of season...Made his ML debut on 6/6 vs WSH and earned his first ML win on 7/1 at BOS, pitching 3.0 innings in relief...Pitched at least 2.0 innings in four of his seven ML appearances, and in those four had a 0.90 ERA (1 ER, 10.0 IP)...Following the season, pitched for Este in the Dominican Winter League.

2020

Appeared in two spring training games...Spent the entire season at the alternate training site in Lehigh Valley...Following the season, pitched for Este in the Dominican Winter League.

2019

Began season with Bowling Green (A)...Did not allow a home run in his last 35.1 IP before being promoted to Charlotte (A) on 7/6...From 7/20-8/20, did not allow an earned run in 21.2 innings over parts of eight appearances...Was promoted to Durham (AAA) on 8/31... Between the three levels, posted a 2.26 ERA (19 ER, 75.2 IP) with only three home runs allowed while holding opponents to a .212 AVG...Following the season, pitched for Este in the Dominican Winter League.

2018

Began season with Princeton (R)...Was promoted to Bowling Green on 8/23 for the remainder of the season.