Pitcher · 2026
Cristopher Sánchez
- Age
- 30
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 6' 6"
- Weight
- 200 lb
- Number
- #61
- Born
- December 12, 1996 in La Romana, Dominican Republic
- MLB debut
- June 6, 2021
- Salary, 2026
- $3.5M
- dbWAR
- 13.8 3 season(s)
- IP
- 149.2
- ERA
- 2.65
- FIP
- 2.69
- K/9
- 10.5
- FIP−
- 64 100 = avg
Cristopher Sánchez is a starting pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies. In 2026 he struck out 174 batters over 149.2 innings across 24 appearances, 24 of them starts, going 15-4. His ERA of 2.65 was 36.6% lower than the league average of 4.18 — the second best on his team, and 63rd of 467 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 2.69 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 32.8% of swings (16.5% of every pitch he threw), walked 5.6% of the batters he faced and struck out 27.8%. His 4.0 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, 2026.
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 | 148 | 145 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 57 | .131 | .149 | .166 | .142 | 38.5% |
| vs RHB | 478 | 439 | 128 | 12 | 32 | 117 | .292 | .346 | .428 | .342 | 24.5% |
Pitch sequencing
What Cristopher Sánchez 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, and how often it misses in 2026.
| Sinker | 988 | 95.2 | 2,129 | 48.8% | 12.3% | |
| Changeup | 869 | 87.1 | 2,032 | 46.6% | 46.4% | |
| Slider | 443 | 86.3 | 2,070 | 52.1% | 46.5% |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 24 | 24 | 149.2 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 147 | 44 | 174 | 35 | 2.65 | 2.69 | 1.22 | 10.5 | 2.1 | 63 | 64 | 4.0 | |
| 2025 | 32 | 32 | 202.0 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 171 | 56 | 212 | 44 | 2.50 | 2.55 | 1.06 | 9.4 | 2.0 | 60 | 61 | 5.7 | |
| 2024 | 31 | 31 | 181.2 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 182 | 67 | 153 | 44 | 3.32 | 3.00 | 1.24 | 7.6 | 2.2 | 81 | 73 | 4.1 |
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Similar players
Nearest 2026 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.