Adrián Sánchez (baseball)

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Adrián Sánchez
Sánchez with the Washington Nationals in 2017
Infielder
Born: (1990-08-16) August 16, 1990 (age 34)
Maracaibo, Venezuela
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
June 30, 2017, for the Washington Nationals
Last MLB appearance
September 12, 2021, for the Washington Nationals
MLB statistics
Batting average.262
Home runs0
Runs batted in16
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Teams

Adrián Arturo Tomas Sánchez (born August 16, 1990) is a Venezuelan Colombian former professional baseball infielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Washington Nationals. In international competition, Sánchez represented the Colombia national baseball team.

Career

Washington Nationals

The

Triple-A 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 season

After starting the 2017 season with Double-A Harrisburg, hitting .250 with a home run and three RBIs,[2] Sánchez moved up to Triple-A 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[3] 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.[4] 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.[5] 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 Cardinal's 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.[6] 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.[7]

At bat against

optioned back to Triple-A Syracuse on August 29, as Turner was activated from the 60-day disabled list.[10]

Sánchez was again recalled on September 8, after rosters expanded.[11] 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.[12]

2018 season

Sánchez began the

disabled list to make his season debut with the Nationals.[18]

Apart from a brief rehabilitation stint with the Gulf Coast League Nationals from August 6 to 12,[19] Sánchez remained with Syracuse until the Nationals recalled him on August 21.[19] They optioned him back to Syracuse on August 22,[19] then recalled him again on September 4,[19] and he remained with the Nationals through the end of the season.[19] He finished the season hitting .276 in 28 major-league games, with two doubles, a triple, and three RBIs.[19] In his 13 major-league starts, he went 14-for-45 (.311) with two doubles, one triple, three RBI, one walk, and seven runs scored.[20] By the end of the 2018 season, Sánchez had made 62 appearances – 23 games at second base, 14 games at shortstop, and eight at third base, all with the Nationals – in major-league games across two seasons during his career, 28 of them starts, hitting .271 with nine doubles, one triple, 14 RBI, and 14 runs scored.[14][20]

In the minors in 2018, Sánchez appeared in 70 games for Syracuse, hitting .234 with 15 doubles, two triples, four home runs, 27 RBIs, and six stolen bases,[19] and in his five=game rehabilitation stint with the Gulf Coast League Nationals he hit .467 with two doubles, a triple, a home run, and four RBIs.[19]

2019–20 seasons

The Nationals optioned Sánchez to their new Triple-A affiliate, the Fresno Grizzlies of the Pacific Coast League, just after the conclusion of spring training in 2019,[19] but the Grizzlies′ season had not yet begun when they recalled him to Washington on April 3 after Trea Turner suffered a broken finger in a game on April 2 and went on the 10-day injured list.[20] Sánchez made no appearances for Washington before the Nationals optioned him to Double-A Harrisburg on April 7,[19] in time for Harrisburg′s season to begin the following day.

With Harrisburg on April 14, Sánchez played in his 1,000th minor league game, all in the Washington Nationals organization;

DSL Nationals.[21] Since signing with the Nationals on January 21, 2007,[14] he had become the second-longest-tenured player in the Nationals organization, with only Ryan Zimmerman having a longer association with the Nationals at the time.[21] In addition to 1,000 minor-league games, he had played in 62 major-league games with the Nationals,[21] giving him a total of 1,062 appearances at all levels combined in games in the Nationals organization during his career, the most by any player.[21] In 28 games with the Nationals, Sanchez finished with a .226 average and an RBI. The Nationals finished the 2019 year with a 93-69 record, clinching a wild card spot, and eventually won the World Series over the Houston Astros. Sanchez was not active during the team's postseason run, but he still won his first world championship.[22]

Sánchez did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[23] On October 9, 2020, Sánchez was removed from the 40-man roster and sent outright to Triple-A. Sánchez resigned with the Nationals on a minor league deal on November 5.

2021–22 seasons

On June 6, 2021, in a road loss to the

Cheesesteaks.[24]
Sánchez was assigned to the Triple-A Rochester Red Wings to begin the season. After hitting .336 with 4 home runs and 18 RBIs, his contract was selected by the Nationals on July 30, 2021.[25] In 16 games, he hit .257/.316/.314 with no home runs and 1 RBI. Sánchez was designated for assignment on September 13, 2021, as veteran Jordy Mercer returned from the injured list.[26] On October 5, Sánchez elected free agency.[27]

Sánchez re-signed with the Nationals on a new minor league deal to return to the Nationals on November 10, 2021.[28] He spent the entire 2022 season with Triple-A Rochester, playing in 79 games and hitting .239/.291/.350 with 2 home runs, 29 RBI, and 3 stolen bases. He elected free agency following the season on November 10, 2022.[29]

Staten Island FerryHawks

On April 24, 2023, Sánchez signed with the Staten Island FerryHawks of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.[30] He played in 28 games for Staten Island, hitting .307/.350/.368 with no home runs, 9 RBI, and 5 stolen bases. On June 4, Sánchez retired from professional baseball.[31]

International career

Although Venezuelan by birth, Sánchez is eligible to play on the

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.[33] Sánchez was also on the Colombian team at the 2017 Bolivarian Games in Santa Marta, where Colombia took the gold medal.[34]

Personal

Sánchez was born in Maracaibo, Venezuela, but much of his family is from neighboring Colombia.[35] He chose to go by the nickname El Chamo, Spanish for "the kid", during MLB Players' Weekend in 2017.[36]

References

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