Padres Sign Pitcher; Spent Last Two Seasons Pitching In Japan

Returning to the MLB.

The San Diego Padres have signed pitcher Angel Sanchez to a minor league contract with an invite to spring training.

The San Diego Padres have signed RHP Angel Sánchez to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training. pic.twitter.com/m6WctCBOQV

— Complete Baseball News (@CompleteMLB) January 16, 2023

Sanchez last appeared in the majors in 2017 and has spent the last two seasons with the Yomiuri Giants of Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. The right-handed pitcher also spent a few years in the Korea Baseball Organization.

Over 12.1 career innings pitched in the majors, the thirty-three-year-old holds a brutal 8.76 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, and 10 strikeouts. 

Sanchez will have a chance to make the Padres' Opening Day roster and will, regardless, provide them with some extra organizational relief depth.
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