Cristopher

Sánchez

PAge : 29Throws : L

#61

Cristopher Sánchez

#61PPhiladelphia Phillies

Height : 6' 6" · Weight : 91 kg · Bats : L · Throws : L · MLB debut : 2021-06-06

Born in : La Romana, Dominican Republic

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	V	D	MPM	MJ	RB	WHIP
2026	Philadelphia Phillies	33	18	7	2.91	207.0	231	1.20
2025	Philadelphia Phillies	32	13	5	2.50	202.0	212	1.06
2024	Philadelphia Phillies	31	11	9	3.32	181.2	153	1.24
2023	Philadelphia Phillies	19	3	5	3.44	99.1	96	1.05
2022	Philadelphia Phillies	15	2	2	5.63	40.0	35	1.38
2021	Philadelphia Phillies	7	1	0	4.97	12.2	13	1.82
Career totals		137	48	28	3.15	742.2	740	1.17

ContractPhiladelphia Phillies payroll →

Type: Extension
Length: 2 yrs · 2025–2028
Total value: 6.5 M$
AAV: 5.63 M$

2026
4.00 M$
Guaranteed
2027
7.00 M$
Guaranteed
2028
10.00 M$
Guaranteed
2029
15.00 M$
Guaranteed
2030
16.00 M$
Guaranteed
2031
28.00 M$
Guaranteed
2032
28.00 M$
Guaranteed
2033
10.00 M$
Club option

Advanced stats, 2026Starting pitcherMLB stats →

ERA

2.91

FIP

2.80

xFIP

2.65

ERA-

WHIP

1.20

27.0 %

BB%

5.3 %

Strikeouts

231

Innings

207.0

Wins

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

5.8

Strikeouts

216

2026 WAR

6.2

This season's pace, over the average of the last two workloads, adjusted for next year's age.

Trend

→ Stable (-3)

20231.8 WAR · 3.3 per full season
20244.7 WAR · 4.7 per full season
20256.5 WAR · 5.8 per full season
20266.2 WAR · 5.4 per full season

Outlook, age included

-3 · 29 y.o. · prime years

It is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes.

Player ratings, 2026All ratings →

Ratings from 0 to 100, computed from Statcast and MLB stats over four seasons, never by hand. 75 = established regular, 87 = 90th percentile, 95+ = elite.

OV · Overall

Star

VEL: Velocity; 78
STF: Stuff; 85
CTL: Control; 90
CNT: Contact allowed; 84
STA: Stamina; 94
DUR: Durability; 89
EX: Experience; 66

Why these ratings?

VEL — Velocity : Fastball velocity
STF — Stuff : Strikeouts, K − BB
CTL — Control : Walks avoided
CNT — Contact allowed : xwOBA, barrels and hard-hit balls allowed
STA — Stamina : Innings per start and innings pitched
DUR — Durability : Games played over several seasons
EX — Experience : Seasons in the majors

WAR and PAL Rating, 2026How we rate →

WAR is fWAR (FanGraphs' version, distributed through MLB's API): wins added above a replacement player. PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against regulars in the same role (50 = median).

WAR

6.2

#2 of 166 regular starters

PAL Rating

96 / 100

#7 of 166 regular starters

Value Rating

100 / 100

Surplus $55.0M · salary $5.6M

PAL: dimensions

Run prevention96

Stuff89

Command95

Contact allowed61

Velocity64

Workload98

A pitcher's WAR

Computed by MLB from FIP (strikeouts, walks, home runs). FIP: 2.80 · RA9-WAR: 6.3

StatcastStatcast leaderboards →

MLB's tracking of every ball, 2026 season. The percentile ranks the player among regulars in the role: 90th means better than 90% of them.

Fastball

95.1 mi/h

63th percentile

27.0 %

85th percentile

BB%

5.3 %

92th percentile

xERA

3.39

86th percentile

xwOBA allowed

.285

86th percentile

Barrels allowed

7.5 %

59th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Fastball	K%	BB%	xERA	xwOBA allowed
2026	PHI	6.2	96	91	95.1	27.0	5.3	3.39	.285
2025	PHI	6.5	97	91	95.4	26.3	5.5	3.02	.272
2024	PHI	4.7	87	84	94.5	20.3	5.8	3.59	.298
2023	PHI	1.8	81	81	93.9	24.2	4.0	3.74	.299
2022	PHI	0.0	18	63	92.8	19.8	9.6	4.22	.321

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Sep 25	vs TB	7.0	5	2	1	10	2.91
Sep 20	@ NYM	6.1	6	2	0	6	2.93
Sep 15	@ WSH	6.1	8	5	2	5	2.93
Sep 9	vs HOU	6.0	10	6	0	3	2.79
Sep 4	vs ATL	6.0	5	3	3	5	2.58
Aug 29	@ LAA	7.0	2	0	1	8	2.52
Aug 23	vs STL	6.2	9	4	0	7	2.62
Aug 17	vs MIA	6.0	8	1	3	6	2.51
Aug 11	@ STL	6.0	4	0	0	7	2.54
Aug 6	vs WSH	5.0	6	2	2	6	2.65