Sanchez, Royals come to terms: CBSSports.com reports Royals SP Jonathan Sanchez avoided arbitration Tuesday by signing a one-year, $5.6 million contract. (Updated 01/17/2012)
Injury Report
Ankle - Probable for start of spring training (Updated - 1/5/12)
Fantasy Analysis
Sanchez is in his first year with the Royals. He was probably in a little better situation with the Giants, but Sanchez is still a starter and has potential. He definitely has control problems, but Sanchez has solid strikeout potential, which is why he can be considered a value pick in the late rounds on Draft Day. (Updated 01/17/2012).
01/17/2012 10:34 Cabrera, Giants agree to one-year, $6 million deal
A person familiar with the agreement tells the Associated Press that outfielder Melky Cabrera and the San Francisco Giants have agreed to a $6 million, one-year contract and avoided salary arbitration.
It didn't take long for reality to set in for Jonathan Sanchez. The erratic left-hander genuinely seemed to have turned the corner in 2010 when he won 13 games with a 3.07 ERA and 205 strikeouts. But he still led the league in walks allowed. The control problems that made him little more than a Fantasy tease in previous years hadn't gone away. He just managed to hide them behind an MLB-best 6.6 hits per nine innings. That ratio turned out to be one he couldn't maintain from one year to the next, and with just a few more batters reaching base on hits, Sanchez was back to his same old tricks, rarely pitching out of the fifth inning and struggling to maintain an ERA below 4.50. He also battled biceps tendinitis, missing all of July with the injury, but his control disappeared on him long before then. The Giants ultimately decided they didn't want the headache anymore and shipped Sanchez off to Kansas City for Melky Cabrera in the offseason. The Royals figure to be a little more patient with Sanchez, but if he hasn't solved his control problems by age 29, perhaps he never will. Sanchez has obvious sleeper appeal in Fantasy, but coming off a down season and moving to a tougher league, he's no more than a late-round pick. (Updated 1/9/12)
Actual 
AccuScore Projections) Note: Points are rounded down.
= probable start