Who Is Sanchez on The Phillies? Who Is Number 61 on The Philies?

Cristopher Alexis Sánchez is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball (MLB).

He was born on December 12, 1996 in La Romana, Dominican Republic.

The La Romana native Sánchez signed with the Tampa Bay Rays as an international free agent on July 15, 2013, for a $65,000 signing bonus. He spent 2014, 2015, and 2016 seasons with the DSL Rays.

Sánchez went 1–3 with a 7.77 ERA over 22 innings in 2014, 2–1 with a 3.54 ERA over 20+1⁄3 innings in 2015, and 5–3 with a 3.06 ERA over 61+2⁄3 innings in 2016.

He spent the 2017 season with the Princeton Rays, going 1–6 with a 10.01 ERA over 38+2⁄3 innings.

Sánchez split the 2018 season between Princeton and the Hudson Valley Renegades, going a combined 4–2 with a 4.50 ERA over 52 innings. He split the 2019 season between the Bowling Green Hot Rods, Charlotte Stone Crabs, and Durham Bulls, going 4–1 with a 2.26 ERA over 75+2⁄3 innings.

He played for the Dominican Republic national baseball team in the 2019 WBSC Premier12.

Sánchez was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Curtis Mead on November 20, 2019. He was added to the Phillies’ 40–man roster after being acquired but was promoted to the major leagues for the first time on April 19, 2021, however, he did not make an MLB appearance.

After long relievers Chase Anderson and David Hale were placed on the COVID list, leaving the Phillies’ bullpen challenged for depth, 25-year-old Sánchez was recalled to the major leagues on June 6, 2021, and made his major league debut the same day, allowing one hit and striking out two batters in the final 1+1⁄3 innings of a 12–6 win against the Washington Nationals.

Sanchez wears the number 61 jersey for the Philadelphia Phillies.