Anibal Sanchez whose full name is Anibal Alejandro Sanchez Jr. is known to be a Venezuelan baseball professional pitcher who was born on February 27, 1984, in Maracay, Venezuela. Anibal plays for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball at the time. He was known to have made his Major league debut in the year 2006 with the Florida/Miami Marlins. He is also known to have played for the Detroit Tigers and Atlanta Braves.
Anibal began his professional career with the Boston Red Sox. He was signed by the Boston Red Sox as an international free agent in the year 2001. His first appearance team and League was in the Venezuelan Summer League for a period of two seasons before he suffered an elbow injury at the time.
Anibal was then traded to the Florida Marlins, particularly at the end of the 2005 season along with one Hanley Ramirez and two others. In his beginning stints, he was recognized by Baseball America as third in the Marlins system after one Jeremy Hermida and Ramirez as well as 40th overall in the major leagues at the start of the 2006 season.
On July 23, 2012, he was known to have been traded to the Detroit Tigers along with Omar Infante for one Jacob Turner, Rob Brantly, Brian Flynn, and a draft selection. Then to the Minnesota Twins on February 20, 2018, where he penned down a one-year deal. From there he went to the Atlanta Braves on March 16, 2018.
Anibal Sanchez currently is known to be with the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball where he came off a productive bounce back. He penned down a contract for two years. It will interest you to know that whiles he was with the Nationals, he earned his 100th career win on June 16, 2019.
Aníbal Sánchez Contract
Anibal Sanchez agreed to a one-year, $2,000,000 contract with the Washington Nationals, which had a $2,000,000 guaranteed minimum pay.
Anibal Sanchez’s Net Worth
Anibel Sanchez, a professional baseball player from Venezuela, is worth $40 million.
Anibal Sanchez Salary
His average yearly salary is about $2,000,000.