Aaron Sanchez Fantasy News and Statistics

The key to the Toronto Blue Jays rotation, Aaron Sanchez battled injuries and blisters in 2017 and only made eight starts. Given that he was sidelined along with several other teammates, the Jays failed to live up to their potential and spent most of the year at or near the bottom of the AL East standings. Sanchez, however, led the league in ERA in 2016 and delivered 15 wins. A return to form in 2018 would be a huge boost for Toronto. The talent is there, the question is whether his arm—and hand—hold up to the rigors of starting every fifth day.

2017: After a standout 15-2 record and 3.00 ERA in 2016, Sanchez only made eight starts in 2017. Blisters were his main issue, so it’s troubling trying to gauge what to expect from him moving forward. In his starts, he wasn’t quite as good as he was in 2016, but some of that was him trying to battle through his ailments. In the end, he was 1-3 with a 4.25 ERA, which was still above average based on ERA+. His standard numbers, however, ended up looking better than the peripherals. With 10.5 hits per nine innings and 20 walks in just 36 frames, Sanchez wasn’t locating his pitches and allowed way too many base runners. He also doubled his home run rate from 2016. And although it’s a very limited sample size, the home run and walk rates led to a 5.74 FIP. In the end, 2017 was a bad year that Sanchez would rather just forget.