2024 Season Preview: The Sánchize

The journey isn’t always going to be pretty or consistent but the game is defined by results.

Cristopher Sánchez was acquired in November of 2019 because the Rays didn’t have a 40-man spot for him. The big reason the Matt Klentak Phillies traded for him was because he was a powerful arm.

The trade seemed like a disaster for the Phillies as Curtis Mead has become a big-time prospect for the Rays.

One of the only reasons the Dave Dombrowski Phillies held onto Sánchez as long as they did is because he carried minor-league options and a little bit of upside. They didn’t have the upper minors pitching depth to consider letting him go.

Throughout all of that, the only reason Sánchez was called up in…