{"id":348481,"date":"2025-12-16T08:08:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T08:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/348481\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T08:08:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T08:08:08","slug":"angels-re-sign-yolmer-sanchez-to-minor-league-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/348481\/","title":{"rendered":"Angels Re-Sign Yolmer Sanchez To Minor League Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Angels brought back infielder\u00a0Yolmer S\u00e1nchez<\/a> on a minor league contract, according to the MLB.com transaction log<\/a>. It\u2019s unclear if he\u2019ll get another invite to big league camp after appearing last spring as a non-roster invitee.<\/p>\n

S\u00e1nchez is trying to get back to the big leagues for the first time since 2022. The switch-hitting infielder played seven seasons with the White Sox between 2014-20. He won a Gold Glove at second base in 2019. S\u00e1nchez hit .245\/.300\/.360 in nearly 2500 trips to the plate in a ChiSox uniform. He has spent most of the last five years at the Triple-A level. S\u00e1nchez got to the majors briefly again in 2022, suiting up for the Red Sox and Mets.<\/p>\n

The 33-year-old spent the entire 2025 season with the Halos\u2019 top affiliate in Salt Lake. He hit .246\/.357\/.329 with just four home runs through 492 trips to the plate. It\u2019s a light bat, but the Angels clearly appreciate the defensive versatility that S\u00e1nchez brings as a veteran depth piece. He played all throughout the infield and made a few starts in both corner outfield positions.<\/p>\n

Zach Neto<\/a> is locked in at shortstop. The Angels could use a multi-positional infielder who can upgrade second and third base. They took a flier<\/a> on former top prospect Vaughn Grissom<\/a> in a trade with Boston at the Winter Meetings. Grissom and second-year infielder\u00a0Christian Moore<\/a> are the projected starters at second and third base, with Oswald Peraza<\/a> and\u00a0Denzer Guzman<\/a> still in the mix. No one from that group has had any big league success, so the front office should look to raise the floor by adding at least an established veteran utility piece.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Angels brought back infielder\u00a0Yolmer S\u00e1nchez on a minor league contract, according to the MLB.com transaction log. It\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":348482,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82,151639],"class_list":{"0":"post-348481","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-yolmer-sanchez"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/348482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}