Cristopher Sánchez
2026Grade
Suppresses damage and throws strikes — the full package.
Sánchez is among the league's best at limiting bases
The simulator expects him to allow 0.399 bases per batter faced, better than 97% of qualified pitchers. His best skill is limiting walks (97th percentile). His weakest skill is limiting hard contact (16th percentile).
His grade rests on 857 batters faced, with data through 2026-09-27.
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Plays like…
Each of these pitchers shares his archetype and sits closest to him in xEB/PA. Pick one to see him side by side with Cristopher Sánchez.
Pitcher type
Pitcher type
He lands in the “Misses bats, but gets hit hard” corner of the map.
League best:K% − BB% Jacob Misiorowski (26.8%)Hard-hit% allowed Blake Snell (29.0%)
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| Cristopher Sánchez | League median | Percentile | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bases per ball in play(lower = better) | .485 | .527 | — |
| Walk rate(lower = better) | 6% | 9% | 97th |
| Strikeout rate(higher = better) | 26% | 22% | 87th |
A higher percentile is better, and the 99th is the top of the league.
Arsenal
Cristopher Sánchez mixes his sinker (44%) and changeup (37%). His best pitch has been the changeup, saving 2.8 bases per 100 thrown against league average, with a 46% whiff rate against a league median of 30%.
Pitch mix & swing-and-miss
He allowed about 325 estimated bases, against a replacement arm's 502 over the same batters faced.
Replacement level is per-batter and can't be split by pitch type, so the bars below use league average.
He saved 58.4 bases against league average across 3,158 pitches, or 1.8 per 100 pitches.
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Mix by batter side
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Cristopher Sánchez's pitch movement, 2026
His Changeup has moved 2+ inches from its early-season shape, but his other 2 have not.
The verdict above compares each pitch with his own early-season outings in 2026, not with other pitchers, after taking out the league-wide drift in break.
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By appearance
These charts follow his velocity, movement and pitch mix one outing at a time, and each pitch keeps the same color in every chart. The velocity and movement charts also shade the middle of the league for scale.
Platoon splits
Platoon splits (EB/PA allowed)
He handles lefty bats better than righty bats, by 0.042 EB/PA allowed.
50% probable range: +0.033 to +0.050
vs LHB: shrunk estimate 0.368 EB/PA, 50% probable range 0.351 to 0.384, based on 192 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.241 EB/PA. League median vs LHB: 0.451 EB/PA.
His raw rate vs LHB (0.241) is off this scale. Small samples can push a raw rate this far, which is why the dot, the shrunk estimate, is the number to trust.
vs RHB: shrunk estimate 0.410 EB/PA, 50% probable range 0.395 to 0.425, based on 665 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.423 EB/PA. League median vs RHB: 0.435 EB/PA.
His split is about typical for a lefty arm (median 0.038). He allows less than the league median against both sides, so even his weaker side is a strength.
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- Each dot is his estimate against that side, with its 50% probable range as the bar. These are bases allowed, so lower is better.
- The diamond is his raw rate, which small samples make noisy, so the simulator pulls the dot toward a more trustworthy value.
- The dashed tick is the league median, and the shaded strip is the middle half of pitchers with 100 or more batters faced.
- The two splits average back to his modeled overall EB/PA allowed, not the xEB/PA headline.
- Tap or hover a mark for its number. LHB and RHB are left- and right-handed batters. More on the About page
Contact allowed
Batters go to the pull side off him most often, but they do the most damage to the opposite field.
Pull side and opposite field depend on which side each batter hits from, so this pools every hitter he faced.
Batted balls allowed
Luck check
4 outs behind him came on balls the simulator values at 1.5 bases or more.
23 hits off him had less than a 20% chance of being hits.
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Deserved vs. actual
Batters have been credited with about 18 more bases than their contact off Cristopher Sánchez deserved, so his results have been unlucky so far.
Both bars count 571 balls in play, with walks and strikeouts left out.
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ERA 2.91 · WHIP 1.20 · BABIP against 0.333 (Lg median 0.286)
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Best games
Best games
These are his best outings this season, ranked by bases saved against a replacement arm.
- vs RockiesMay 10, 2026score only
27 BF · 7 K, 6 H
- Bases allowed
- 5.7
- Above replacement
- +10.2
- vs PadresJun 3, 2026score only
26 BF · 8 K, 1 BB, 4 H
- Bases allowed
- 5.3
- Above replacement
- +9.9
- vs AthleticsMay 5, 2026score only
29 BF · 10 K, 1 BB, 3 H, 1 HBP
- Bases allowed
- 7.3
- Above replacement
- +9.7
- vs AngelsAug 29, 2026
25 BF · 8 K, 1 BB, 2 H
- Bases allowed
- 5.1
- Above replacement
- +9.6
- vs RangersMar 26, 2026score only
21 BF · 10 K, 3 H
- Bases allowed
- 2.7
- Above replacement
- +9.6
Trends
Multi-season trends · Cristopher Sánchez
Compared with last season, his HR allowed% is up and his Barrel% against is up.
Actual rates show what happened on the field, season by season.