Overview

• Sánchez delivered a Cy Young–caliber 2025 season at 13-5 with a 2.50 ERA and 212 strikeouts over 202 innings, leading pitchers in bWAR.
• He has been especially strong at home with a 1.94 ERA in 15 starts at Citizens Bank Park, where teammates say he feeds off the crowd.
• An improved arsenal is headlined by a changeup that produced 269 swings and misses this year, transforming his swing-and-miss profile.
• Saturday marks just the third postseason start of his career after outings in the 2023 NLCS and 2024 NLDS.
• Clubhouse backing has been visible, including a team turnout for his son’s first-birthday gathering earlier this week.