Four months ago, Aaron Sanchez was going head-to-head with veteran free agent signing Gavin Floyd for the fifth and final spot in the Toronto Blue Jays’ starting rotation. Oh, how the times have changed.
Following Saturday afternoon’s 3-2 loss to the Detroit Tigers it was announced that Sanchez would be replacing Boston Red Sox closer Craig Kimbrel in the MLB All-Star Game, giving the Blue Jays five representatives for just the third time in team history per Ben Nicholson-Smith (1993, 2006).
Sanchez will be joining Josh Donaldson, Edwin Encarnacion, Marco Estrada, and Michael Saunders who was voted into the last roster spot with over 17 million votes.