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Aaron Sanchez
- Age
- 30
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Weight
- 212 lb
- Number
- #45
- Born
- July 1, 1992 in Barstow, CA, United States
- MLB debut
- July 23, 2014
- dbWAR
- 5.2 11 season(s)
- IP
- 60.0
- ERA
- 6.60
- FIP
- 4.48
- K/9
- 6.2
- FIP−
- 113 100 = avg
Aaron Sanchez was a starting pitcher for the Minnesota Twins. In 2022 he struck out 41 batters over 60.0 innings across 15 appearances, 10 of them starts, going 3-4. His ERA of 6.60 was 66.3% higher than the league average of 3.97 — the worst on his team, and 524th of 546 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.48 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 18.3% of swings (8.6% of every pitch he threw), walked 5.7% of the batters he faced and struck out 15.5%. His 0.2 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.
League context
Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2022.
WAR by season
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | MIN/WSH | 15 | 10 | 60.0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 78 | 44 | 41 | 15 | 6.60 | 4.48 | 1.55 | 6.2 | 2.3 | 166 | 113 | 0.2 | |
| 2021 | SF | 9 | 7 | 35.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 12 | 26 | 15 | 3.06 | 4.05 | 1.33 | 6.6 | 3.8 | 72 | 95 | 0.5 | |
| 2019 | TOR/HOU | 27 | 27 | 131.1 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 145 | 86 | 115 | 68 | 5.89 | 5.25 | 1.62 | 7.9 | 4.7 | 131 | 116 | 0.6 | |
| 2018 | TOR | 20 | 20 | 105.0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 106 | 57 | 86 | 58 | 4.89 | 4.74 | 1.56 | 7.4 | 5.0 | 118 | 114 | 0.5 | |
| 2017 | TOR | 8 | 8 | 36.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 42 | 17 | 24 | 20 | 4.25 | 5.74 | 1.72 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 98 | 132 | -0.1 | |
| 2016 | TOR | 30 | 30 | 192.0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 161 | 64 | 161 | 63 | 3.00 | 3.55 | 1.17 | 7.5 | 3.0 | 72 | 85 | 3.9 | |
| 2015 | TOR | 41 | 11 | 92.1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 74 | 33 | 61 | 44 | 3.22 | 4.61 | 1.28 | 5.9 | 4.3 | 81 | 116 | -0.1 |
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 108 | 98 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 18 | .265 | .308 | .357 | .295 | 16.7% |
| vs RHB | 157 | 143 | 52 | 7 | 11 | 23 | .364 | .414 | .580 | .427 | 14.6% |
Pitch sequencing
What Aaron Sanchez throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.
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Pitch arsenal
What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.
| Sinker | 405 | 92.1 | 2,126 | 45.4% | 12.8% | 107 | .355 | .955 | |
| Curveball | 286 | 79.1 | 2,632 | 44.1% | 28.4% | 70 | .300 | .861 | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 207 | 92.4 | 2,148 | 48.3% | 17.4% | 38 | .316 | .778 | |
| Changeup | 108 | 87.8 | 1,707 | 34.3% | 14.8% | 28 | .250 | .536 |
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Nearest 2022 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.
wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.