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Cristopher Sanchez Agrees to $22.5 Million, Four-Year Contract Extension with Philadelphia Phillies

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Cristopher Sanchez is staying put…

The 27-year-old Dominican professional baseball pitcher and the Philadelphia Phillies have agreed to a $22.5 million, four-year contract covering 2025-28.

Cristopher SanchezSanchez will get a $2 million signing bonus and salaries of $1.5 million in 2025, $3 million in 2026, $6 million in 2027 and $9 million in 2028.

Philadelphia has a $14 million option for 2029 with a $1 million buyout and a $15 million option for 2030 with a $1 million buyout.

The options can escalate to $16 million for 2029 and $19 million for 2030 based on top-10 finishes in Cy Young Award voting.

Sanchez was signed to a one-year contract for 2024 calling for the $753,500 while in the major leagues and $280,432 while in the minors.

“I’m so happy to be here,” Sanchez said through a translator. “I feel so great about this contract and what the future is going to be about.”

He would have been eligible for arbitration after the 2025 season. The options potentially cover what would be his first two seasons after free agent eligibility.

“We are always open to good players in your organization and keeping them, but philosophically we’re not normally into negotiating during the season because it could be a distraction to the player,” Phillies president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski said. “But when we talked about it, we were open-minded to it, but it would have to happen quick. … It was really fast — it was probably a week of talking with the London trip in the middle.”

Sanchez was demoted to Triple-A Lehigh Valley on April 23 last year and rejoined the Phillies’ rotation that June 17. He is 4-3 with a 2.91 ERA in 14 starts this season, allowing one home run in 77⅓ innings.

“When I came up last year, I felt like this was it,” Sanchez said. “I’m going to look to stay in the big league. And it was a great day for me.”

Philadelphia starters with long-term deals include right-hander Zack Wheeler, who agreed in March to a $126 million, three-year contract for 2025-27, and right-hander Aaron Nola, who is in the first season of a $172 million, seven-year contract.

Left-hander Ranger Suarez, who entered the weekend tied for the big league lead with 10 wins, is eligible for arbitration next winter and can become a free agent after the 2025 season.

Bartolo Colon Signs with Mexico’s Monclova Acereros

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Bartolo Colonis headed south of the border.

The 46-year-old Dominicanprofessional baseball right-handed pitcher has signed with the Monclova Acereros of the Mexican Baseball League.

Bartolo Colon

The Acereros, defending champions of the Triple-Acircuit, announced the signing of Colon on Friday. The team didn’t provide details of the contract.

“Bartolo Colon would be an important piece of the pitching staff of the current champions, becoming one of the bigger signings in our baseball history,” the team said in a press release. “The ‘Big Sexy‘ show would be something the Monclova fans will be able to enjoy.”

Colon hasn’t pitched in the majors since 2018 with the Texas Rangers. He became the top winning pitcher born in Latin America, getting his 246th career victory on August 7, 2018, against the Seattle Mariners.

Colon is 247-188 in 565 games — 552 as a starter — since his MLBdebut with the Cleveland Indians in 1997. He also was the 2005 AL Cy Young Award winner while with the Los Angeles Angels.

Arrieta Wins Cy Young Award for Best Pitcher in the National League

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Jake Arrieta is a pitching god…

The 29-year-old part-Puerto Rican professional baseball player and Chicago Cubs pitcher won the Cy Young Award for best pitcher in Major League Baseball for 2015, alongside the Houston Astros‘ Dallas Keuchel.

Jake Arrieta

Arrieta handily beat runner-up Zack Greinke in the voting for the National League, while Keuchel received enough votes to squeak past second-place finisher David Price in the American League.

In the National League, Arrieta finished second in innings pitched with 229 and posted a 1.77 ERA, second to Greinke, whose ERA was 1.66. Arrieta had a solid first half of the season, but he caught fire down the stretch, helping the Cubs to the playoffs for the first time since 2008. In his last 15 starts, Arrieta posted a minuscule 0.75 ERA.

Keuchel, who has been with the Astros for four seasons, led the American League in innings pitched with 232 and finished with a second-best earned run average of 2.48. He struck out 216 batters — good for fifth in the league.

Here’s how the voting broke down, from the Baseball Writers Association of America.

American League

  1. Dallas Keuchel, 186 points (22 first-place votes)
  2. David Price, 143 points (8)
  3. Sonny Gray, 82 points (1 second-place vote)
  4. Chris Sale, 30 points (3 third-place votes)
  5. Chris Archer, 29 points (10 fourth-place votes)

National League

  1. Jake Arrieta, 169 points (17 first-place votes)
  2. Zack Greinke, 147 points (10)
  3. Clayton Kershaw, 101 points (3)
  4. Gerrit Cole, 40 points (2 third-place votes)
  5. Max Scherzer, 32 points (13 fourth-place votes)

 

Santana Eyeing Return to Major League Baseball for the 2015 Season

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Johan Santana may be getting back in the game soon…

The 35-year-old Venezuelan Major League Baseball starting pitcher, whose career appeared to be in serious jeopardy after he tore his left Achilles tendon in June, is making a comeback in the Venezuelan Winter League and expects to return to MLB play in 2015, his agent said Friday.

Johan Santana

Santana has a 139-78 career record with two Cy Young Awards and four All-Star appearances over 12 seasons with the Minnesota Twins and New York Mets. He was one of the most dominant starters in baseball during an eight-year stretch from 2003 to ’10, and the Mets rewarded him with a six-year, $137.5 million contract in February 2008.

Shoulder injuries have limited Santana to 21 big league appearances since 2010. He was on the verge of joining the Baltimore Orioles’ roster last summer when he tore his Achilles during an extended spring training start, casting a cloud over his future.

But Santana reportedly threw his fastball between 86 and 89 mph in a simulated game this week, and he is scheduled to make his Venezuelan winter ball debut Tuesday for Magallanes against the Tigres de Aragua. His agent, Peter Greenberg of the Legacy Agency, said Santana expects to sign with a team before spring training.

“Johan wants to go out on his own terms,” Greenberg said. “He doesn’t want to go out because an injury put him out. He’s worked very hard and kept himself in shape, and he’s never thought about retiring.

“It’s not about the money or anything like that. He’s said he wants to draw his own ending. He wants to go out on his own terms. He’s told me, ‘I want to add to my legacy.’ I think anybody who knows him is going to bet on him.”

Although it’s unclear which MLB teams have been scouting Santana, the Toronto Blue Jays, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees and Minnesota Twins reportedly were among the clubs that expressed interest in him before Baltimore signed him to a minor league contract last March.

Santana is expected to throw three innings or 40 pitches in his first start Tuesday, then gradually ramp up his workload as the winter league progresses. Greenberg said he plans to compare notes with interested MLB teams as the pitcher’s comeback progresses.

“Johan is not in a rush,” Greenberg said. “He’s not anxious or anything. We’re just going to let the teams that have expressed interest scout him, and we’ll take it a step at a time.”