Sanchez hides pride after demotion to Toledo

Any baseball player with at least five years in the major leagues can refuse an assignment to the minors, and Sanchez - no matter how much his right arm has faded - is not any guy. As a former American League ERA champion with a contract fatter than the domestic product of some nations, the 33-year-old former starter realistically left a Tigers franchise ready to move on with one option: Cut a big severance check and wish Sanchez well.