PHILADELPHIA — Bryson Stott has had quite the view of the evolution of Cristopher Sánchez.
The two spent the summer of 2020 at Coca-Cola Park scrimmaging against other Phillies minor leaguers at the alternate site in Lehigh Valley. Stott and Sánchez were both in their first full seasons in the Phillies organization. Both were stuck in baseball purgatory for two months.
The left-handed hitting Stott had many looks at Sánchez, then a raw prospect. His stuff now, according to Stott, is the same as it was five years ago, with one big difference.
“Back then, it was, if he needed a strike, you knew it was the sinker/four-seamer that he was throwing,” Stott said.