Adrián Sánchez

Adrián Sánchez
Sánchez in 2017
Washington Nationals – No. 5
Infielder
Born: (1990-08-16) August 16, 1990
Maracaibo, Venezuela
Bats: Right Throws: Right
MLB debut
June 30, 2017, for the Washington Nationals
MLB statistics
(through September 8, 2018)
Batting average .257
Home runs 0
Runs batted in 14
Teams

Adrián Arturo (Tomas) Sánchez (born August 16, 1990) is a Venezuelan professional baseball infielder for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Career

Minor leagues

The Nationals signed Sánchez as an amateur free agent from Venezuela in 2007.[1] He played in the Dominican Republic for the Dominican Summer League Nationals in the rookie-level Dominican Summer League in 2007 and 2008, batting .269 in 42 games with a home run and 19 runs batted in (RBI) in 2007 and .276 in 59 games with three home runs and 32 RBIs in 2008.[2] He spent 2009 with the Gulf Coast League Nationals in the rookie-level Gulf Coast League, appearing in 24 games and hitting .246 with five RBIs, and began the 2010 season with them, hitting .378 in 29 games with three home runs and 21 RBIs before being promoted to the Hagerstown Suns in the Class A South Atlantic League, where he hit .317 in 25 games, had a home run, and drove in 15 runs.[2] He spent all of 2011 with Hagerstown and batted .262 with three home runs and 51 RBIs in 131 games.[2] He was promoted to the Potomac Nationals in the Class A-Advanced Carolina League and played for Potomac in 2012 and 2013, hitting .269 with three home runs and 32 RBIs in 101 games in 2012 but only .241 with one home run in 120 games in 2013, although he drove in 42 runs that season.[2] He began 2014 with Potomac, hitting .271 with nine RBIs in 29 games, and received a promotion to the Harrisburg Senators in the Class AA Eastern League, where he finished the season but batted only .223 in 89 games, hitting three home runs and driving in 29 runs.[2] Demoted to Potomac to begin the 2015 season, he played 19 games there, hitting .343 and a home run and driving in six runs, and four games with the Gulf Coast Nationals, going 5-for-11 with a home run and an RBI, before returning to Harrisburg, and he hit .246 in 59 games and had a home run and 15 RBIs with the Senators.[2] In 2016, he began the season with the Syracuse Chiefs in the Class AAA International League, but he hit only .216 with three RBIs in 14 games and returned to Harrisburg, playing 97 games for the Senators, hitting .254 and driving in 25 runs.[2]

2017 World Baseball Classic

Although Venezuelan by birth, Sánchez is eligible to play on the Colombia national baseball team due to his Colombian heritage, and prior to the 2017 season he played for Colombia in the 2017 World Baseball Classic.[3] Colombia was eliminated in Pool C play with a record of 1–2. Playing second base, Sánchez appeared in all three games, going 3-for-12 (.250) with two doubles and an RBI.[4]

2017 season

After starting the 2017 season with Class AA Harrisburg, hitting .250 with a home run and three RBIs,[2] Sánchez moved up to Class AAA Syracuse. He had spent a decade in the Washington Nationals organization without ever being added to the 40-man roster or receiving an invitation to major-league spring training[5] when, following an injury to Nationals starting shortstop Trea Turner on June 29, 2017, he was promoted from Syracuse to take Turner's place on the roster. At the time, he was hitting .259 at Syracuse with four home runs and 18 RBIs.[6] He made his major league debut on June 30 against the St. Louis Cardinals, pinch-running for Stephen Drew and playing shortstop for one inning.[7] On July 1, Sánchez got his first major league at-bat as a pinch-hitter with the bases loaded and the Nationals trailing by a run with two outs in the ninth inning. After working the count full against Cardinals reliever Matt Bowman, Sánchez took a pitch well outside, believing it was ball four for what would have been a game-tying walk. However, umpire Manny Gonzalez called it strike three to end the game.[8] On July 7, inserted on a double switch to play shortstop in the tenth inning, Sánchez lined a single up the middle off reliever Ian Krol of the Atlanta Braves for his first MLB hit. He came around to score as the Nationals walked off the Braves on a single by Daniel Murphy, his first MLB run.[9]

At bat against Jeurys Familia of the New York Mets in an August 26, 2017, game, Sánchez reacted to an errant pitch well inside by attempting to bunt the ball away from him, but instead foul-tipped it back into his chest, sending him to the ground. After a visit from Nationals trainer Paul Lessard, Sánchez resumed the at-bat and singled home his third run batted in of the day, earning a standing ovation from the home crowd at Nationals Park.[10] Sánchez spent the night in the hospital but was cleared to return after a CT scan revealed no damage.[11] He did not appear in another game before being optioned back to Class AAA Syracuse on August 29, as Turner was activated from the 60-day disabled list.[12]

Sánchez was again recalled on September 8, after rosters expanded.[13] He doubled in a run in a September 10 contest against the Philadelphia Phillies to break a scoreless tie and subsequently rookie center fielder Víctor Robles drove him home on Robles's first career major-league hit. The Nationals went on to win and clinch their second consecutive National League East division title that day.[14]

2018 season

Sánchez began the 2018 season at Class AAA Syracuse. On April 24, the Nationals called him up to the major leagues.[15] He played in five games and went 3-for-14 (.214), with one RBI and one strikeout.[16] When the Nationals reactivated third baseman Anthony Rendon from the 10-day disabled list on May 5, they made room for him on the roster by optioning Sánchez back to Syracuse.[17] Through May 18, he had played in 24 games for Syracuse during the season, batting .298 with a .352 on-base percentage, a .426 slugging percentage, a home run, and eight RBIs for the Chiefs.[18] When the Nationals′ roster temporarily expanded to 26 players on the day of a doubleheader against the Los Angeles Dodgers on May 19, they recalled Sánchez from Syracuse to serve as the 26th man for the second game of the day.[18] He remained with the Nationals after the doubleheader, as other Nationals roster moves allowed him to stay on the roster after it returned to 25 players the following day. Sánchez appeared in 10 more games, going 1-for-9 (.111), scoring a run,[19] and bringing his overall major-league performance at the plate for 2018 to 4-for-23 (.174)[20] before Washington optioned him to Syracuse again on June 12 to clear room on its roster for Daniel Murphy when Murphy came off the disabled list to make his season debut with the Nationals.[20]

Personal

Sánchez was born in Maracaibo, Venezuela, but much of his family is from neighboring Colombia.[21] He chose to go by the nickname El Chamo, Spanish for "the kid", during MLB Players' Weekend in 2017.[22]

References

  1. ↑ Janes, Chelsea (June 29, 2017). "Trea Turner suffers non-displaced fracture in his right wrist". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Adrian Sanchez". MiLB.com. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
  3. ↑ Adler, David (February 8, 2017). "Colombia's star duo set to lead Classic squad". mlb.com. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
  4. ↑ worldbaseballclassic.com 2017 World Baseball Classic Stats
  5. ↑ Zuckerman, Mark, "After decade in minors, Sanchez gets the call (Nats lose 8-1)," masnsports.com, June 30, 2017, 9:33 p.m. EDT.
  6. ↑ Reddington, Patrick (June 30, 2017). "Washington Nationals place Trea Turner on DL; call up Adrian Sanchez..." Federal Baseball. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
  7. ↑ Zuckerman, Mark (June 30, 2017). "Nationals routed by Cardinals, 8-1, in weekend opener". MASN Sports. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
  8. ↑ Castillo, Jorge (July 1, 2017). "Nats make it interesting in ninth, still fall to Cardinals, 2-1". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
  9. ↑ Mears, Steve (July 7, 2017). "The Nats walk-off to score 4 runs in the 9th and 10th!". TalkNats. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Adrian Sanchez gets hit in chest, still drives in 3 runs as Nationals beat Mets". CSN Mid-Atlantic. August 26, 2017. Retrieved August 26, 2017.
  11. ↑ "Sanchez spends night in hospital after taking pitch to chest". USA Today. August 27, 2017. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
  12. ↑ Reddington, Patrick (August 29, 2017). "Washington Nationals getting the band back together: Trea Turner reinstated from DL..." Federal Baseball. Retrieved August 29, 2017.
  13. ↑ Collier, Jamal (September 8, 2017). "Nationals recall infielder Sanchez". MLB.com. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
  14. ↑ "Nationals clinch NL East title as Strasburg dominates - and Braves walk off Marlins". USA Today. September 10, 2017. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
  15. ↑ Castillo, Jorge, "Nationals to place Shawn Kelley on disabled list; call up Rafael Bautista, Adrian Sanchez," washingtonpost.com, April 24, 2018, 1:59 p.m. EDT.
  16. ↑ Baseball Reference: Adrian Sanchez
  17. ↑ Rotowire Staff, "Nationals' Anthony Rendon: Activated from DL," cbssports.com, May 5, 2018.
  18. 1 2 RotoWire Staff, "Nationals' Adrian Sanchez: Will join Nationals as 26th man," cbssports.com, May 19, 2018, 3:50 p.m.
  19. ↑ rotoworld.com Adrian Sanchez – Washington Nationals – Game Log – Rotoworld.com Retrieved June 15, 2018
  20. 1 2 Recent news on Adrian Sanchez – Washington Nationals – Rotoworld.com Retrieved June 15, 2018
  21. ↑ Moreno, Francisco. "Youth baseball in Barranquilla". Barranquilla Life. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
  22. ↑ Collier, Jamal (August 25, 2017). "Explaining Nats Players Weekend nicknames". MLB.com. Retrieved August 26, 2017.
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