{"id":146678,"date":"2025-07-02T13:53:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T13:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/146678\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T13:53:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T13:53:15","slug":"phillies-linked-to-marlins-slugger-jesus-sanchez-after-latest-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/146678\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillies Linked to Marlins Slugger Jes\u00fas S\u00e1nchez After Latest Comments"},"content":{"rendered":"

Phillies Linked to Marlins Slugger Jes\u00fas S\u00e1nchez After Latest Comments<\/a> originally appeared on Athlon Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Max Kepler\u2019s meager production has become a rather sizable problem for the Philadelphia Phillies. There are a couple of internal options the Phillies could turn to as replacements, such as Otto Kemp or Justin Crawford; however, an established bat might be better for the team\u2019s World Series chances.<\/p>\n

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In a recent article from CBS Sports discussing the MLB\u2019s best trade chips, writer R.J. Anderson listed the Phillies as a potential suitor for Miami Marlins\u2019 slugger Jes\u00fas S\u00e1nchez. Anderson wrote this of S\u00e1nchez:\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cS\u00e1nchez has a lightning-fast bat and impressive raw strength, he’s just rarely leveraged those traits into better than league-average offense. He’s also helpless against left-handed pitching, necessitating that an acquiring team employ a competent right-handed sock, too. A club seeking upside could key in on S\u00e1nchez, who still has a few seasons left of team control after this year.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Max Kepler (17) and outfielder Nick Castellanos (8) looks on against the New York Mets in the fifth inning at Citizens Bank Park. Kyle Ross-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

S\u00e1nchez is hitting .243\/.315\/.396 with seven home runs since coming off the IL. To Anderson\u2019s point, despite his unappealing stat line, there are some overlooked jewels in his metrics. S\u00e1nchez ranks in the 94th percentile in bat speed this season according to Baseball Savant. <\/a>Last year, he ranked from the low to mid-90th percentile in bat speed, hard hit percentage, and average exit velocity. S\u00e1nchez would bring the Phillies\u2019 coaching staff a lot to work with. If they could help him make more contact, he could be a game-changing bat, especially in Philadelphia, where his left-handed bat would work wonders.<\/p>\n

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The Marlins, who again grace the bottom of the NL East, are clear sellers. For teams looking to bet on shocking potential that hasn\u2019t really blossomed into results yet, S\u00e1nchez might be worth a gamble. In any case, for the Phillies, he would make an improvement over Kepler.<\/p>\n

Related: Phillies’ Bryce Harper Shares Reason for Monday Return to Lineup<\/a><\/p>\n

Related: Phillies’ Trade Idea Acquires Red Sox Seven-Time All-Star in Blockbuster Deal<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Jul 2, 2025, where it first appeared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Phillies Linked to Marlins Slugger Jes\u00fas S\u00e1nchez After Latest Comments originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Max Kepler\u2019s meager…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":146679,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2397],"tags":[5,23163,4942,5159,1385,58,4,8639,5162,144,25,4216,40,28821,4491],"class_list":{"0":"post-146678","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia-phillies","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-cbs-sports","10":"tag-jesus-sanchez","11":"tag-justin-crawford","12":"tag-max-kepler","13":"tag-miami-marlins","14":"tag-mlb","15":"tag-nick-castellanos","16":"tag-otto-kemp","17":"tag-philadelphia","18":"tag-philadelphia-phillies","19":"tag-philadelphiaphillies","20":"tag-phillies","21":"tag-r-j-anderson","22":"tag-the-new-york-mets"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/114783977731797394","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}