Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Phoenix Sanders was born June 5, 1995, in Bavaria, Germany. He is a pitcher in the MLB.

Sanders was selected in the 10th round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft by the Tampa Bay Rays. After signing with the team, he was assigned to the rookie-level Princeton Rays. Sanders began the 2018 with the Class-A Bowling Green Hot Rods, where he had a 3.02 ERA and struck out 71 batters in 50+2⁄3 innings over 28 relief appearances before being promoted to the Charlotte Stone Crabs of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League. He was assigned to the Double-A Montgomery Biscuits at the start of the 2019 season and was promoted to the Triple-A Durham Bulls after pitching in 37 games and posting a 3–3 record with a 1.81 ERA and 15 saves. He was invited to Rays' spring training as a non-roster invitee in 2020 but was eventually reassigned to the minor leagues.

He returned to Durham for the 2021 season and had a 5-2 record with a 3.38 ERA and 80 strikeouts in 64 innings pitched over 50 appearances.

Sanders was promoted to the Rays' major league roster on April 14, 2022. He made his MLB debut the same day, giving up one earned run and striking out two batters