Comments on: Posey and Bumgarner … coming soon?

By: Harold S

Harold S — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:24:05 +0000

Yes, that was a heck of an interesting admission by Sabean – and almost makes Sanchez’s complaining about not learning how to hold runners on (which Krukow properly castigated him about) more sympathetic.

Following your logic about him never being that good, though, what’s that say about all the hitters they’ve rushed through the minors that have been utter washouts? I’m not sure they’d put Burris in that category yet for instance, but no one in the organization denies that he’s been crazily rushed.

I think Sanchez has fallen into the trap so many power pitchers do of trying to just blow everyone away, and until he figures out that changing speeds and sightlines is the only way to get out major league hitters consistently, right now his upside is looking a lot like Felix Rodriguez. Best place for him to learn if he wants to be a starter is AAA – he can blow guys away easier, which means if he’s experimenting with actually pitching, he can recover.

By: Jeff Fletcher

Jeff Fletcher — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:29:43 +0000

I understand your frustration with Sabean’s double-talk, but he’s really no different from any GM. Believe me, I’ve talked to a lot of them, and they are almost all the same. They obviously aren’t going to come right out and tell you what they are trying to, so they speak in vagaries.

I did think his admission that the Giants rushed Sanchez was interesting. I think it shows that they never really thought he was going to be that good, or they wouldn’t have stunted his development that way. You think they’d have moved Cain up that quickly to make him a reliever?

By: Dave S

Dave S — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:33:18 +0000

Jeff, if the reason why Sanchez has been inconsistent and under fire now was because he was rushed thru the minors to be a relief pitcher with the parent club, an admission by Sabean that he is the one who screwed this up too? His double talk about getting any kind of batting support is really getting stale. He should have signed someone at the Winter Meetings, now is he waiting for next years Winter Meetings??

By: Brad Jensen

Brad Jensen — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:54:49 +0000

After watching Sanchez last night he looks better suited for middle relief than starting. He could easily have given up 8 or 9 runs yesterday if he was facing a good team actually capable of delivering clutch hits with some regularity. He was pretty much lights out for 3 innings and then the wheels fall off. My buddy who is a big Giants fan pretty much called it and said he usually runs into problems in the 4th and 5th.

If he moves to the bullpen, who do you think is the odd man out?

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