Veteran catcher/DH Gary Sánchez is in settlement with the Orioles on a one-year, $8.5 million contract, a supply tells MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand. The membership has not confirmed the deal.
Though Sánchez struggled to construct off his early success with the Yankees, he nonetheless has some pop in his bat.
The veteran catcher/designated hitter hit 11 dwelling runs in 89 video games with the Brewers final season after hitting 19 in simply 72 video games with the Padres in 2023. Including three homerless video games with the Mets in 2023, Sánchez has mixed for 30 dwelling runs, 84 RBIs and a 101 OPS+ in 164 video games over the previous two seasons.
Sánchez completed second within the 2016 AL Rookie of the Year voting after bursting onto the scene with 20 homers in simply 53 video games with the Yanks. He adopted it up with a 33-homer marketing campaign that noticed Sánchez earn the primary of his two All-Star choices and his lone Silver Slugger Award whereas incomes some down-ballot AL MVP votes.
Though he remained a house run menace within the years that adopted, Sánchez hit simply .187 over 166 video games from 2020-21 earlier than being traded to the Twins throughout Spring Training in ‘22.
