Comments on: Jonathan Sanchez sure showed me

By: Jeff Fletcher

Jeff Fletcher — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:56:05 +0000

By the way, before you any of you guys get too smart and tell me that I am wrong and that this game proves Sanchez is good, I’ll simply remind you that Fred Lewis hit for the cycle. I’m going to stick with believing that Sanchez’ 5.07 ERA and 1.5 WHIP over 328 big league innings is still a pretty good indication of his true level.

By: Brad Jensen

Brad Jensen — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 04:05:18 +0000

It’s usually one of the guys that you don’t expect to do it that ends up getting one. Its not surprising based on his talent but certainly up until now he hasn’t been able to put it together. Maybe this is the thing he needed to get on track.

On a side note, how big a douche bag do you think Uribe feels like?

By: Alex

Alex — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:49:26 +0000

This quickly goes down as my favourite moment as a giants fan…The fact that it was the first time his dad has watched him, that it was his first complete game in professional baseball, that he wasn’t even supposed to start today, that he was ONE freaking bad hop in the 8th inning from perfection, that you reverse-jinxed him like you did, just makes it that much better (and I’m glad you kept your promise, despite its facetious nature). These moments are the reason we follow sports.

As a footnote…the Padres have now gone hitless in 17 of their last 18 innings of baseball. Can Cain keep the streak going?

By: Jeff Fletcher

Jeff Fletcher — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:20:51 +0000

If the WBC caused Sanchez’s problems, it was from under-use, not over-use. He only pitched 6 2/3 innings and was with Team Puerto Rico for about two and half weeks. That may have had him about one start behind the other pitchers when he returned. I doubt that would have that much impact on him into the season.

By: dogtog

dogtog — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:15:33 +0000

Alot of people have been critical of Sanchez this season. I have to admit that he has pitched some real crummy games this year. He seemed to pitch pretty well for the first 3 or 4 innings and then fall apart. To me he looked like he would become fatigued and his mechanics would fall a part. I believe Sanchez pitched for his country Puerto Rico in the International World Series. If you look at other major league pitchers who played in the International World Series they are having bad seasons as well. May be Sanchez’s problems are related to a dead arm caused by over use. The Giants should try determine this before they deal this guy for a bat. A couple weeks of rest seemed to do him wonders.