Jorge Anthony Sanchez

Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: May 20, 1988 in Miami, Florida, US
School: Boston College (Chestnut Hill, MA)

Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1st round (4th) of the 2009 from Boston College (Chestnut Hill, MA).

• 5/19 Rum Bunter: Pittsburgh Pirates Trade Piece: I love Michael McKenry as much as the next Pirates fan, he’s been a great locker room guy and is a fan favorite thanks to several...
• 5/14 www.drstrangeglove.com: Pirates Stink, Lose Game: I will keep it short, since no one wants to spend even one more conscious moment thinking about last night’s embarrassing debacle...
• 5/13 Raise the Jolly Roger: Game 37 Preview: Pirates at Mets: Pirates (20-16) at Mets (14-19) 1:10 PM–Citi Field, New York MLB.com Gameday TV: ROOT The Bucs finish this weekend’s...
• 5/12 Rum Bunter: Neal Huntington Show Continues To Mystify Pittsburgh Pirates Fans: The Neal Huntington Show just concluded and we have some notes for you. Anyway, on with the show. Francisco Liriano was the focus...
• 5/11 This is Getting Old: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. New York Mets – Game 36: A slew of roster moves coming? First things first Francisco Liriano is going to make his debut.  To clear his spot the Pirates...
• 5/11 Raise the Jolly Roger: Tony Sanchez called up to the “taxi squad”: Pirates catching prospect Tony Sanchez is in New York to potentially join the team if Russell Martin has to hit the DL with neck...
• 5/11 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Tony Sanchez Possibly Joining Pirates: Late last night Kristy Robinson had some scoop on Pirates catching prospect Tony Sanchez:Source: #Pirates catching prospect Tony...
• 5/11 Rum Bunter: Tony Sanchez Gets The Call To Join Pittsburgh Pirates: Tony Sanchez is joining the Pittsburgh Pirates in New York and could be activated if catcher Russell Martin needs to head to the...

• 4/30 Rum Bunter: Jose Contreras Close To Joining Pirates Shark Tank: The Pittsburgh Pirates seem poised to promote Jose Contreras to the bullpen, or as it is now known, The Shark Tank.   Until...
• 4/29 Rum Bunter: The @RumbunterPodcst Returns With Special Guest @Tony26Montana: Rumbunter Media Enterprises™  has some BIG news to announce.  You’ve probably been wondering where the hell we’ve...
• 4/17 Raise the Jolly Roger: Game 14 Preview: Pirates vs. Cardinals: Cardinals (8-5) at Pirates (6-7) 7:05 PM–PNC Park, Pittsburgh MLB.com Gameday TV: MLB Network The Bucs and Cardinals finish...
• 4/17 This is Getting Old: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. St. Louis Cardinals – Game 14, Version 2: We are going to lose a Jonathan Sanchez start?  Nooooooooo! Wow. There isn’t much in the world that sums up the 1980s quite...
• 4/14 Indians Baseball Insider: Clippers implode, giving Indianapolis an 12-7 victory: Columbus, OH-The Indianapolis Indians erupted for a nine runs in the top of the seventh to sink the Columbus Clippers 12-7 during...
• 4/5 This is Getting Old: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Los Angeles Dodgers – Game 4: Squandering.  If there is one thing the Pirates have done well over the course of this streak of professional impotence besides...
• 4/4 Indians Baseball Insider: Hermida's Grand Slam Gives Clippers 4-0 Victory: INDIANAPOLIS- The Columbus Clippers started off their season on a high note, defeating the Indianapolis Indians 4-0 on opening...

• 3/17 Raise the Jolly Roger: News and notes: Some quick Bucs notes from the past week: World Baseball Classic: Jason Grilli did not make an appearance in the second round,...

• 2/12 This is Getting Old: Roster Watch: Michael McKenry: Last year Michael McKenry turned into a real bright spot for the Pittsburgh Pirates.  No one really expected him to come out...

• 1/12 Raise the Jolly Roger: Weekend news and notes: Some quick Bucs bullets for the weekend: Andrew McCutchen won the MLB 13 The Show video game cover vote. His total of 108,147...

• 12/5 This is Getting Old: Roster Watch: Eric Fryer: Eric Fryer has actually already been removed from the roster.  In fact, Fryer has already signed on with the Minnesota Twins,...

• 11/29 Raise the Jolly Roger: Pirates to sign Russell Martin: The Pirates have reached a deal with free agent catcher Russell Martin, pending a physical. The deal is for $17 million over two...
• 11/29 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Sign Russell Martin: It seems like I haven't written much about the Pirates in a while and that is because I haven't there hasn't been much to talk...
• 11/12 This is Getting Old: Is There Even A Catcher Fix?: When the Pirates declined to bring Rod Barajas they admitted another free agent failure.  It’s become something of  given....
• 11/12 The "Mc" Effect: Early Thoughts on the Catching Situation: The biggest question the Pirates have coming into the offseason is who will be playing catcher for the 2013 Pittsburgh Pirates?...
• 11/10 Rum Bunter: Pittsburgh Pirates Lose Two Players to the Minnesota Twins: The Pittsburgh Pirates lost two members of the organization to the Minnesota Twins on Saturday.  The Twins made the announcement...

• 10/31 Raise the Jolly Roger: News and notes: Bell, Barajas, Coonelly: Plenty of Bucs news on Wednesday… The Pirates hired former shortstop Jay Bell as their new hitting coach. Bell replaces...
• 10/25 Raise the Jolly Roger: Pirates claim Chad Beck and Ali Solis: The Pirates claimed pitcher Chad Beck and catcher Ali Solis off waivers on Thursday. Jeff Clement and Eric Fryer were designated...
• 10/24 This is Getting Old: Here We Go Again!!!!!!!!!: Time for another installment of what is sadly becoming a regular series of posts by Dejan Kovacevic. Hoka Hey! Why Change A Thing?...

• 9/27 mlbreports.com : Is Tony Sanchez Ready For The Big Leagues? The Pirates Have High Hopes for Their Catching Prospect: Thursday September 27th, 2012 Dedrick Hendrix:  Not many prospects have an easy route to the major leagues. But catcher Tony...
• 9/20 Rum Bunter: Pittsburgh Pirates Kyle McPherson, Tony Sanchez, and Neal Huntington Join the RumBunter Podcast: The RumBunter Podcast  welcomes Kyle McPherson, Tony Sanchez, and General Manager Neal Huntington to the show. You can download...
• 9/20 Rum Bunter: Disappointment, Drug Suspension and Retirement….So What’s Left of 2009 Pittsburgh Pirates Draft?: Back in January we jotted down some notes regarding the 2009 Pittsburgh Pirates draft.  Let’s take a quick look back at...
• 9/19 Rum Bunter: More on The Pittsburgh Pirates Theft Epidemic: The Pittsburgh Pirates have an epidemic.   You know that and it probably scares you just as badly as it scares me. We looked...
• 9/12 MLBTradeRumors: Barajas Willing To Take Less To Return To Pirates: The Pirates hold a $3.5MM option on Rod Barajas for 2013, but should they decline it, the catcher says that he would be willing...
• 9/8 Rum Bunter: Pittsburgh Pirates Catching Prospect Tony Sanchez Lands On Triple-A Disabled List: September 6:  The Indianapolis Indians placed Tony Sanchez on the disabled list and recalled Miguel Perez from Double-A Altoona. ...
• 9/4 Rum Bunter: Triple-A Round-Up: Tony Sanchez and His Broken Toe Will Never Let Us Down; Joey Votto Goes 0-for-3:   The Pittsburgh Pirates 2009 first round pick Tony Sanchez has a broken big toe.  His Triple-A Indianapolis Indians are...
• 9/1 Rum Bunter: Pittsburgh Pirates September Call-Ups:   The Pittsburgh Pirates have taken what they need from the Triple-A Indianapolis roster to start the September call-ups....

• 8/28 Throw the Challenge Flag: Minors: "Effectively wild" outing from Gerrit Cole, Andrew Lambo his a grand slam: The Bradenton Marauders had their game against the Fort Myers Miracle postponed. The West Virginia Power and the GCL Pirates...
• 8/24 Throw the Challenge Flag: Minors: Phil Irwin strikes out nine, Eric Avila remains red hot: Transactions: Juan Cruz cleared waivers and refused to report to AAA Indianapolis. He was released. AAA - Indianapolis...
• 8/22 Throw the Challenge Flag: Minor: Stellar debut in AA for Jameson Taillon, Eric Avila hits a grand slam: Transactions: Kyle McPherson and Justin Wilson were both optioned back to AAA after combining for three scoreless innings...
• 8/15 Throw the Challenge Flag: Minors: AAA treating Kyle McPherson well, Willy Garcia hits 16th home run: The State College Spikes were the only affiliate with the day off. They were on the last day of their All-Star break.  AAA...
• 8/12 Throw the Challenge Flag: Minors: Chris Leroux pitches seven shutout innings, impressive outing for Tyler Glasnow: The West Virginia Power were the only affiliate to have the day off on Saturday. Their game with the Palm Beach Cardinals was...
• 8/10 Throw the Challenge Flag: Minors: Scoreless outings for Gerrit Cole and Casey Sadler: AAA - Indianapolis Indians (72-49) - Lost to the Columbus Clippers 5-1. Rick VandenHurk (11-4, 3.43 ERA) pitched 5 1-3 innings,...
• 8/10 Throw the Challenge Flag: Minors: Justin Wilson pitches eight inning no hitter, Gregory Polanco hits two homers but gets hurt: News: Zack Dodson, the Pirates' fourth round pick in 2009, has been suspended 50 games for failing his second drug test. With...
• 8/5 Throw the Challenge Flag: Minors: Jameson Taillon extends scoreless inning streak to 13: AAA - Indianapolis Indians (70-45) - Lost to the Scranton/Wilkes Barre Yankees 9-8 in 10 innings. Justin Wilson pitched 3 2-3...

• 7/20 North Side Notch: 7/19 MiLB Recap: Clay Holmes Continues to Dominate: Justin Wilson started and gave up four runs over four innings. He struck out six and walked four. Duke Welker pitched two scoreless...
• 7/18 The "Mc" Effect: Tony Sanchez Heating Up in Indianapolis: Going into the season, I wrote a blog post about the five most important players in the Pirates organization in terms of what...
• 7/17 Throw the Challenge Flag: Minors: Starling Marte fall a single short of the cyle, Tony Sanchez goes deep: The West Virginia Power were the only minor league affiliate not to play on Monday. Their game against the Augusta GreenJackets...
• 7/15 North Side Notch: 7/14 MiLB Recap: Not a good day for Taillon, Cole: - Justin Wilson struggled, giving up eight runs over three innings. He struck out three and walked three while giving up five...
• 7/15 Throw the Challenge Flag: Minors: Gerrit Cole and Jameson Taillon both struggle: No recap of the Pittsburgh Pirates today either. Been a hectic week. Didn't get to see any of the game. Should be able to start...
• 7/14 North Side Notch: 7/13 MiLB Recap: Zack Dodson coming on strong: - Jose Tabata was 0 for 4 with two strikeouts. - Starling Marte went 0 for 2 with a walk and a strikeout. - Tony Sanchez was 1...
• 7/14 Throw the Challenge Flag: Minors: Daniel Cabrera and Zack Dodson each throw complete games: The Bradenton Marauders were the only minor league affiliate that didn't play. Their game against the Brevard County Manatees...
• 7/12 North Side Notch: 7/12 MiLB Recap: Tim Alderson strikes out 8: Jeff Locke started the first game of a double-header for the Tribe and gave up four runs (two earned) over five innings. He struck...
• 7/8 Throw the Challenge Flag: Minors: Robby Rowland throws six shutout innings, Gift Ngoepe hits two homers: AAA - Indianapolis Indians (56-33) - Beat the Columbus Clippers 10-5. Justin Wilson (7-4, 3.44 ERA) pitched five innings, allowing...
• 7/7 Throw the Challenge Flag: Minors: Rudy Owens gets roughed up, Matt Curry has four hit game: Just a minor league roundup today. I didn't see the Pittsburgh Pirates' game so there will be no recap on them today. AAA -...
• 7/6 Throw the Challenge Flag: Minors: Colton Cain continues hot streak, Alen Hanson goes deep again: AAA - Indianapolis Indians (55-32) - Lost to the Louisville Bats 7-5. Daniel Cabrera pitched 5 1-3 innings, allowing four runs...
• 7/5 North Side Notch: 7/5 MiLB Recap: Tim Alderson, Colton Cain, Joely Rodriguez put up zeros: Jose Tabata went 2 for 5, but was caught stealing. He stole just eight bases in 17 attempts in Pittsburgh. Starling Marte was...
• 7/5 The "Mc" Effect: The Pirates Trade Problem: Sick of reading about the Pirates and the trade deadline? ... Yeah, me either. I've been thinking a lot about this today and...
• 7/5 Throw the Challenge Flag: Minors: Jeff Locke with a one hitter through seven, Barrett Barnes hits first pro home run: AAA - Indianapolis Indians (55-31) - Beat the Louisville Bats 6-1. Jeff Locke (7-4, 2.92 ERA) pitched seven innings, allowing...
• 7/2 Throw the Challenge Flag: Minors: Luis Heredia pitches five shutout innings, Starling Marte continues push towards majors: All of the minor league affiliates in action won on Sunday (Bradenton went 1-1 in a doubleheader). The GCL Pirates had the day...
• 7/1 North Side Notch: Indianapolis Indians: Post Game Review from Louisville: The Indianapolis Indians, the Pirates’ Triple-A affiliate has been in town all weekend, so I decided to head down to Louisville...

• 6/26 The "Mc" Effect: Tony Sanchez Update: The Pirates got their first big injury scare yesterday when Rod Barajas left the game after the first inning with a knee...
• 6/18 North Side Notch: 6/18 MiLB Recap: Stetson Allie gets off to hot start as hitter: Openers for both State College and the GCL Pirates today. Indianapolis 5, Gwinnett 4 – Rick VandenHurk gave up 4 runs over...
• 6/10 Buccos Buzz: Pirates Win Series in Milwaukee; Huge Tony Sanchez and Stetson Allie News: I’ll try and wrap up the ridiculous day/night that was yesterday in Pittsburgh Pirates baseball with this post. - First...
• 6/4 Raise the Jolly Roger: 2012 Draft mini-preview and thoughts: The first round of the 2012 MLB Draft is Monday night, and the Pittsburgh Pirates will have the eighth pick. It’s still...
• 6/3 The "Mc" Effect: Tony Sanchez Promoted: Yeah I'm coming at you with a rare news report! Because it's not like you can't just turn on your smart phone and be bombarded...
• 6/3 Raise the Jolly Roger: Tony Sanchez promoted to AAA: 2009 first-round and 4th overall pick Tony Sanchez was promoted to AAA this evening. Sanchez has been a disappointment since being...
• 6/1 YankeeAnalysts.com: The agony and the ecstasy of the MLB draft: With the MLB draft upcoming, I thought this would be a good time to think a bit about the uncertainty of the draft, and how so...

• 5/28 This is Getting Old: Step Away From the Merrero, Neal!: There seems to be considerable consensus building that the Pittsburgh Pirates will select Deven Merrero in the 2012 Rule IV draft....
• 5/21 This is Getting Old: Guess It’s Time To Talk Bats: Everyone else is weighing in so why not me too!?!?!?! Obviously the bats are bad.  Worst in the majors and on and on and on....
• 5/7 Raise the Jolly Roger: A trip around the minors: Since we’re no longer running the daily minor league updates (see Pirates Prospects or some of the other blogs if you’re...

• 4/15 Raise the Jolly Roger: GAMEDAY: Pirates at Giants: Pirates (2-6) at Giants (4-4) 4:05 PM EST–AT&T Park, San Francisco Here is the MLB.com Gameday TV: ROOT Sports The Bucs...
• 4/7 Raise the Jolly Roger: Off-day news and notes: The off day after Opening Day is always annoying, but it’s a lot more annoying this year after a 1-0 loss (as opposed to...

• 3/15 Buccos Buzz: Pirates Score 10 in First Inning, 17 in Win Over Minnesota Twins: The Pittsburgh Pirates bats sure are out this spring. The Bucs scored ten times in the first inning and added seven more on 19...
• 3/6 The "Mc" Effect: 3/5 Recap | Bucs Bring the Bats, Pirates 10 Orioles 3: 10 runs, 18 hits. The Pirates absolutely wrecked the Baltimore Orioles under the lights, scoring in each of the first five innings....
• 3/6 Raise the Jolly Roger: GAMEDAY(!): Pirates at Blue Jays: Pirates (0-0) at Blue Jays (0-0) 1:05 PM–Florida Auto Exchange Stadium, Dunedin Audio: MLB.com? Here is the MLB.com Gameday...

• 2/22 MLB Dirt: 2012 Pittsburgh Pirates Top 16 Prospects: The Pittsburgh Pirates spent just over $17M in last year’s draft to make sure they helped stock a farm system that has...
• 2/1 Raise the Jolly Roger: Bar news: Tony Sanchez and Budweiser: Both these news bits are a day or so old, but since things continue to be slow I figured I’d put them up here anyway in...

• 1/31 The "Mc" Effect: Tony Sanchez Has/Had A Broken Jaw: Ridiculous news from the Tribune-Review this morning, Pirates prospect Tony Sanchez sustained a broken jaw earlier in the offseason...
• 1/16 The "Mc" Effect: The Forgettable Eric Fryer: Myself and RumBunter have been doing a lot of writing about Pirates catching prospect Tony Sanchez today. I wrote this post about...

• 12/22 Through The Fence Baseball: Pirates most major-league ready prospect: Jeff Locke: With the offseason in full swing and teams working to finalize rosters for the upcoming season, let’s take a look at which...

• 11/23 The "Mc" Effect: New CBA Puts Pressure on Prospects: The new Collective Bargaining Agreement for Major League Baseball was announced today, and it was not kind to the Pirates. Basically,...
• 11/10 Baseball Analytics: Bucs Add Powerful, OBP-Challenged Barajas: Earlier this offseason, the Pirates declined options on both Chris Snyder ($6.75 million, $750K buyout) and Ryan Doumit (a combined...
• 11/3 This is Getting Old: Four Pirates Qualify as Type B Free Agents:   Four Pirates free agents have qualified for Type B status. These guys range in terms of risk but in my opinion the Pirates...

• 9/4 The "Mc" Effect: 9/3 Altoona Curve - What I Learned: I was at the Altoona Curve game last night. This post is very late because of the long drive home I had, I'm not going to give...

• 8/28 The "Mc" Effect: An Early Look At 2012: After a very exciting first half of the 2011 season, the Pirates have fallen back under .500 with little hope of getting...
• 8/7 The "Mc" Effect: The Real Value Of Ryan Doumit: The Pittsburgh Pirates have had a lot of question marks in their lineup for the last several years. Most recently one of the biggest...
• 8/3 The "Mc" Effect: Catching Up With The Pirates Prospects (Part 2): Previously I reviewed the seasons of Pirates’ 6-11th ranked prospects according to Baseball Prospectus’ preseason list. Today...

• 7/21 Raise the Jolly Roger: Blogger interviews with Jeff Karstens, Frank Coonelly, and Neal Huntington: The Pirates did a really cool thing Monday night, inviting a few bloggers to come down to the park before the game and spend a...
• 7/12 Buccos Buzz: Pittsburgh Pirates’ Trade Deadline Plans Coming Into Focus?: It’s no secret that the Pittsburgh Pirates (45-42) are in a somewhat precarious and unfamiliar situation at the moment....

• 6/25 Raise the Jolly Roger: Eric Fryer called up, Dusty Brown DFA: The Bucs have called up catcher Eric Fryer for tonight’s game, and designated Dusty Brown for assignment. I like this move....
• 6/14 Through The Fence Baseball: A letter to Pirates GM Neal Huntington: Dear Mr. Huntington, Over the past couple of days, you’ve made a few moves (or lack thereof) that have caused a little bit...
• 6/12 The "Mc" Effect: McCatcher!: The Dallas Mavericks probably think they're going to be the biggest story in sports tonight, but they're now going to have to...
• 6/12 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Pirates, Millwood, Astros, Gamel: Here are some Sunday evening Quick Hits as the Reds take on the Giants.. The Astros have been dominating the rumor mill over...
• 6/10 Raise the Jolly Roger: Catching crisis: Chris Snyder‘s season might be over. Ryan Doumit is not coming back until late July at the earliest. Jason Jaramillo is...