The Baltimore Orioles had a much worse than expected season in 2025. Injuries and poor performances made for a bad season after the team had playoff expectations.

With catchers Adley Rutschman and Samuel Basallo in the fold, Gary Sanchez on Monday elected free agency, according to the MLB transactions list on CBSSports.com, and will likely sign elsewhere for next season.

Sanchez appeared in just 29 games for Baltimore last season, slashing .231/.297/.418 with five home runs and a .715 OPS in his 101 at-bats. Surprisingly enough, Sanchez struggled against left-handed pitching, hitting just .211 with only one of his five home runs.

A knee sprain caused Sanchez to miss an extremely large portion of time, just as he was heating up during the season. In the 17 games prior to his injury, Sa

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