{"id":77522,"date":"2024-06-22T11:29:51","date_gmt":"2024-06-22T15:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=77522"},"modified":"2024-06-22T14:27:07","modified_gmt":"2024-06-22T18:27:07","slug":"phillies-extend-starter-cristopher-sanchez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/06\/22\/phillies-extend-starter-cristopher-sanchez\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia Phillies Lock Up Promising Young Pitcher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to Jon Heyman of the<em> New York Post<\/em>, the Philadelphia Phillies will sign left-hander <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/sanchcr01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cristopher S\u00e1nchez<\/a> to a four-year contract extension worth four years and multiple club options. The extension will see the Phillies buy out S\u00e1nchez&#8217;s arbitration years plus potentially multiple free-agent years.<\/p>\n<p>S\u00e1nchez was set to make around $800,000 in 2025 and enter the first of three years of arbitration. The extension guarantees S\u00e1nchez life-changing money now while providing the Phillies with valuable cost certainty. If S\u00e1nchez continues to develop and ascend, the extension might represent an absolute steal.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Breaking: Cristopher Sanchez and the Phillies are finalizing a 4 year extension (plus options) to buy out his arbitration years and give Phils additional control.  Sanchez, 27, wouldn\u2019t have been eligible for arbitration until 2026; was in AAA last year. He\u2019s 4-3 with 2.91 ERA.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonHeyman\/status\/1804512282820419992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 22, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Phillies, Cristopher S\u00e1nchez Agree To 4-Year Contract Extension<\/h2>\n<p>After making his debut in 2021, S\u00e1nchez spent the first couple of years of his career splitting time between the bullpen, injured list, and minor leagues. However, the Phillies started using him consistently as a starter in 2022, and S\u00e1nchez quickly proved he belonged.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, S\u00e1nchez tossed 99 1\/3 innings across 19 games (18 starts) and produced a 3.44 ERA (126 ERA+) with good strikeout and walk rates. Philadelphia believed in his potential and kept him in the rotation in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>At 27, S\u00e1nchez rewards the team&#8217;s faith in him with a breakout campaign. In 14 starts, the southpaw has pitched 77 1\/3 innings with a 2.91 ERA (139 ERA+). Though S\u00e1nchez features a low strikeout percentage this season, he is excelling at inducing ground balls, limiting Barrels, and getting hitters to chase out of the strike zone.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"tl\" dir=\"ltr\">Zack Wheeler: 73.2 IP, 2.32 ERA<\/p>\n<p>Ranger Suarez: 72.0 IP, 1.71 ERA<\/p>\n<p>Aaron Nola: 71.0 IP, 3.04 ERA<\/p>\n<p>Cristopher Sanchez: 60.1 IP, 2.83 ERA<\/p>\n<p>Baseball\u2019s best 1-2-3-4.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rMgb6t3nUl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/rMgb6t3nUl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Joe Giglio (@JoeGiglioSports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeGiglioSports\/status\/1795937625951322284?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>S\u00e1nchez will surely amass a career-high workload this season. However, the Phillies rotation is led by two elite, high-priced workhorses and a different breakout lefty. This positions Philadelphia well to limit his innings down the stretch. Additionally, while the team views S\u00e1nchez as a starter long-term, the Phillies could deploy him as a multi-inning reliever during the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>A Dave Dombrowski-led organization will always act with aggression and urgency in its quest to win a championship. So, it shouldn&#8217;t shock many that S\u00e1nchez represents the third starter that the Phillies will <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2019\/12\/04\/philadelphia-phillies-sign-zack-wheeler\/\" target=\"_self\">extend<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2023\/11\/19\/aaron-nola-phillies-contract\/\" target=\"_self\">sign to a long-term<\/a> deal since mid-November.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo Credits: <em>Brian Fluharty-USA TODAY Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Jon Heyman of the New York Post, the Philadelphia Phillies will sign left-hander Cristopher S\u00e1nchez to a four-year contract extension worth four years and multiple club options. The extension will see the Phillies buy out S\u00e1nchez&#8217;s arbitration years plus potentially multiple free-agent years. S\u00e1nchez was set to make around $800,000 in 2025 and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4683,"featured_media":77528,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23,1071,35],"tags":[28573,475],"class_list":["post-77522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-phillies","category-mlb","category-news","tag-cristopher-sanchez","tag-dave-dombrowski"],"modified_by":"Matt Graves","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4683"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}