Cristopher Sanchez or Justin Verlander

Baseball Stats Comparison

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Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Cristopher Sanchez or Justin Verlander Player Statistics
	Cristopher Sanchez SP - PHI	Justin Verlander SP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	12	1

Games Started	12	1

Innings Pitched	79.1	3.2

Wins	6	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	73	6

Earned Runs	13	5

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	95	1

Walks	16	2

ERA	1.47	12.27

WHIP	1.12	2.18

Cristopher Sanchez or Justin Verlander Player Projections
	Cristopher Sanchez SP - PHI	Justin Verlander SP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	31	26

Games Started	30	26

Innings Pitched	188.7	139.1

Wins	13	8

Losses	7	8

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	170	136

Earned Runs	64	66

Home Runs Allowed	16	20

Strikeouts	184	115

Walks	46	46

ERA	3.03	4.30

WHIP	1.14	1.31

Cristopher Sanchez or Justin Verlander Player Notes
	Cristopher Sanchez SP - PHI	Justin Verlander SP - DET
News
	Cristopher Sanchez allowed no runs on six hits and no walks while striking out nine across seven innings in Wednesday's 3-0 win over the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, May 28th	Justin Verlander is expected to begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	Cristopher Sanchez fired eight shutout innings in Wednesday's 1-0 loss to the Guardians, giving up just four hits and two walks while striking out six. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, May 23rd	Justin Verlander is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 30th
	Cristopher Sanchez threw a complete-game shutout in Saturday's 6-0 win over the Pirates, allowing six hits and no walks while racking up 13 strikeouts. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, May 17th	Justin Verlander threw a simulated game Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	Cristopher Sanchez gave up no runs on six hits and zero walks while striking out seven over seven innings in Sunday's 6-0 win against the Rockies. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, May 11th	Justin Verlander is scheduled to throw live batting practice on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
	Cristopher Sanchez allowed no runs on three hits and one walk while striking out 10 over eight innings in Tuesday's 9-1 win over the Athletics. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, May 6th	Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said Justin Verlander is "inching forward more than sprinting forward" in his rehab. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
Notes
	Cristopher Sanchez finished second for the Cy Young Award in 2025, and without a historic season from Paul Skenes, he would have been an easy choice. Sanchez threw 202 innings with a 2.50 ERA, a 1.06 WHIP, and 212 strikeouts. His K-rate jumped to 26.3%, and his walk rate remained microscopic at 5.5%. He also had a 176 ERA+, good for fifth in the majors. If you don't want to pay the massive cost for one of the Big 3 pitchers, Sanchez is about as great of a "consolation prize" as there is in starting pitching in 2026. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros

Cristopher Sanchez or Justin Verlander Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cristopher Sanchez SP - PHI			Justin Verlander SP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (5-6)	#20	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#138
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (1-1)	#102	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (5-3)	#199
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (4-4)	#50
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (6-2)	#88	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (7-2)	#67
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#237	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (0-1)	#115
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (3-3)	#87	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-4)	#71
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (2-7)	#427	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (3-4)	#86
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (2-3)	#257	vs STL	Dustin May (3-6)	#85
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4)	#428	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (5-3)	#162
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-5)	#189	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (3-3)	#15
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (3-6)	#83	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (5-1)	#74
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (1-7)	#119	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#72
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (7-2)	#67	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)	#324
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (0-1)	#115	vs MIA	Janson Junk (3-5)	#116
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-4)	#71	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (3-4)	#73
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (3-1)	#276
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)	#49
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (4-6)	#24	vs KC	Seth Lugo (2-4)	#104
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (3-3)	#200	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (2-3)	#32
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (8-3)	#5	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-5)	#144
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (3-2)	#139	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#9
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (5-3)	#140	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (6-1)	#30
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (4-6)	#24	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (6-1)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (2-1)	#40	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#186
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (3-2)	#70	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (1-4)	#158
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (3-2)	#139	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-3)	#99
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (4-3)	#113	@ CIN	Brady Singer (2-5)	#143
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (8-3)	#5	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-3)	#206
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (1-7)	#119	@ ATL	Martin Perez (3-3)	#200
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-5)	#189	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (4-3)	#113
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (3-6)	#109	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (4-4)	#50
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (5-0)	#68	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#103
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)	#324	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (2-4)	#76
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (3-5)	#116	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (2-2)	#75
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#146	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (0-2)	#183
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-6)	#111	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (6-1)	#30
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (3-3)	#127
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)	#340	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#80
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (1-6)	#395	@ KC	Michael Wacha (4-2)	#78
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4)	#428	@ KC	Noah Cameron (2-4)	#92
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (0-2)	#183	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (3-4)	#28
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (6-1)	#30	@ NYM	Christian Scott (1-0)	#90
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (2-3)	#32	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (2-4)	#29
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (4-2)	#47	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (2-2)	#48
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (1-6)	#122	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (6-5)	#2	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-3)	#19
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (1-1)	#58	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (3-5)	#105
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (7-1)	#25	vs CLE	Parker Messick (6-1)	#51
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-3)	#99	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (0-7)	#38
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (8-3)	#27	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-0)	#180
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (3-5)	#105
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (6-1)	#51	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (2-6)	#94
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (0-3)	#141
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (5-3)	#199	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-3)	#420
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (3-3)	#220	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (6-4)	#45
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (7-2)	#130	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (0-0)	#212
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-3)	#131	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (5-1)	#182
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4)	#13	@ CWS	Sean Burke (2-3)	#142
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (5-3)	#199	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-2)	#98
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (3-3)	#220	@ TB	Nick Martinez (5-1)	#81
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-0)	#172
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (5-1)	#182	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (5-3)	#6
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (2-3)	#142	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (1-0)	#54
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	David Sandlin (1-0)	#210	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (4-2)	#91
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-1)	#216
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (2-2)	#48	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (5-1)	#74
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR			vs MIN
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL			@ CLE
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL			@ CLE
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL			@ CLE
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA			@ HOU
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA			@ HOU
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA			@ HOU
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM			vs CWS
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM			vs CWS
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH			vs NYY
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH			vs NYY
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH			vs NYY
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM			vs HOU
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM			vs HOU
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM			vs HOU
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT			@ NYY
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT			@ TEX
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC			@ TEX
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC			@ TEX
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET			vs PHI
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET			vs PHI
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET			vs PHI
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM			@ LAA
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM			@ LAA
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD			@ CHC
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD			@ CHC
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD			@ CHC
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY			vs KC
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY			vs KC
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY			vs KC
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA			vs BAL
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA			vs BAL
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA			vs BAL
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR			@ SF
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			vs COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			vs PIT
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (4-4)	#35
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#209
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#80
Wed, Apr 29th				@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-1)	#236
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (4-2)	#106
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (2-1)	#77
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (1-3)	#59
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN
Fri, Jun 19th				vs CWS
Fri, Jul 17th				@ LAA
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC
Fri, Aug 14th				vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th				@ TOR
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH