
Aaron Sanchez sent to minors as Blue Jays limit innings; Aaron Loup recalled
CLEVELAND — Aaron Sanchez is being sent to the minor leagues as the Toronto Blue Jays skip a start to limit his innings.
Toronto optioned the 24-year-old right-hander to Class A Dunedin on Sunday, and the Blue Jays plan to recall him to start against Baltimore on Aug. 31.
Sanchez is 12-2 with a 2.99 earned-run average, fifth-best in the AL. He has made 24 starts and thrown a career-high 156 1/3 innings. He likely will not pitch in the minors.
“We’ve talked a lot about this over the year,” Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins said. “Not just over the last month, but as good as Aaron has become, we all along thought at some point we’ll have to manage his workload. That’s what this is about. He’ll come right back in the rotation.”