Aaron Sanchez
2014–2022 · P

Aaron Sanchez

6' 4", 212 lbs·Lived to 34·Bats R / Throws R
All-Star
Pitcher archetype· SP· DERIVED
Sinker / Ground BallPounds the bottom of the zone with sinkers and lives on ground balls.2015–2022 · 10,698 pitches · 94.3 mph fastball
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Career Highs
3.00
Best ERA · 2016
15
Most W · 2016
161
Most K · 2016
1.167
Best WHIP · 2016
Career Arc · ERA
8 seasons
Statistical Comps

Career · Pitching

8 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
2014TOR2433.0221.09343270.697
2015TOR4192.3763.22123611.278
2016TOR30192.01523.001391611.167
2017TOR836.0134.25102241.722
2018TOR20105.0464.8985861.562
2019TOR27131.35145.89761151.622
2021SF935.3113.06139261.330
2022WSH1560.0346.6060411.550
Career174684.93838541
Pitch Movement Map

Each pitch type this pitcher throws regularly, placed by how the ball moves — sideways break across, rise or drop down the side. Each dotted ring holds about the middle 85% of the league’s pitches of that type, so a cluster sitting outside its ring is movement most pitchers don’t have.

RHP · 10,653 pitches · 2015–2022
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)SIFFCUCH
SI · Sinker41.4% · 94.5 mph
FF · 4-Seam Fastball25.6% · 93.9 mph
CU · Curveball18.6% · 78.4 mph
CH · Changeup14.1% · 88.0 mph

The dots — a sample of this pitcher’s regular-season pitches, placed by movement: left–right is horizontal break, up–down is induced vertical break (what the pitch does beyond gravity). The view is handedness-neutral — positive break is toward the pitcher’s arm side for lefties and righties alike, so every sinker runs right and every sweeper breaks left, whoever throws it.

The dotted rings — about the middle 85% of where each pitch type lands league-wide (a 2-standard-deviation spread), measured from 7.5 million regular-season pitches since 2015. A cluster sitting well outside its ring is movement most of the league doesn’t get. Spring training and the postseason are excluded.

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