GDT: 4/17/2016 Blue Jays vs Red Sox - Game 3/4

[Jimcanuck]

Don't be fooled by era, FIP is a solid indicator of how he's pitching

 

indicator yes, but Sanchez is an extreme case... batters can't square up

[TilsonBritoFan]

we dont use ERA in these parts

 

9K/9, 2.5 BB/9, >60% grounders

 

That's a No. 2 SP at least

 

Those other stats are great too...believe it or not, ERA is still a good stat and its still a pretty good judge of how good a pitcher is, and its still probably the most universally looked at stat to judge a pitcher. WHIP is still great too, and his is ridiculous.

 

And if he maintains all those numbers throughout the season along with that 1.35 ERA and 0.80 WHIP, he'll obviously run away with the Cy Young award in what would go down as one of the best seasons ever by a pitcher.

 

Obviously he isn't going to do that but I'm making the point that so far, he is pitching like an ace, not just a #2.

[Orgfiller]

indicator yes, but Sanchez is an extreme case... batters can't square up

 

No.

[gruber92]

Love me some oppo hitting.

[CJ-Freeway]

Damn, what happened to Pillar? 😂

[93 Jays]

A nice start for Sanchez, still lots of walks though. 7Ks is great, but more whiffs would've been nice to see. It will be interesting to see the full report after the game but he really threw almost entirely fastballs. When the curve was mixed in it looked really good and no one ever hit it well. Change up disappearance is still mystery.

 

Less whiffs would have been nice to see allowing him to go 8 or even 9 which is eventually what you want out of a no. 2

[vdubmvp]

Sousa

 

McCann, too.

[Jimcanuck]

Those other stats are great too...believe it or not, ERA is still a stat and its still a pretty good judge of how good a pitcher is, and its still probably the most universally looked at stat to judge a pitcher.

 

And if he maintains all those numbers throughout the season along with that 1.35 ERA, he'll obviously run away with the Cy Young award in what would go down as one of the best seasons ever by a pitcher.

 

Won't happen, let's be happy with #2/3 SP output from Sanchez in his age 23 season

[Spanky99]

Who hit a homer off Sanchez?

 

Souza, IIRC. Oh yeah, and McCaan.

[Jimcanuck]

Less whiffs would have been nice to see allowing him to go 8 or even 9 which is eventually what you want out of a no. 2

 

not in today's game..... CG very rare these days

[Maahfaace]

Less whiffs would have been nice to see allowing him to go 8 or even 9 which is eventually what you want out of a no. 2

 

Lol at wanting less strikeouts

[Hal Johnson]

Pillar gets the weak bouncer through the hole, Goins gets the the grounder right at the 2B.

[Jimcanuck]

No.

 

Sanchez ERA going to outperform FIP, guaranteed

[gruber92]

You tell em Zaunie!!

[93 Jays]

Don't be fooled by era, FIP is a solid indicator of how he's pitching

 

I understand that but ERA is a decent indicator too, but really over the long run when it's consistently below 3. If they weren't relevevant stats, you wouldn;t have the same leaders in the category season in, season out

[Hal Johnson]

You tell em Zaunie!!

 

LOL! What's he saying? I watch on mlb.tv.

[TilsonBritoFan]

Won't happen, let's be happy with #2/3 SP output from Sanchez in his age 23 season

 

Of course I would be happy with that. I think you are misunderstanding me.

 

It was pointed out earlier that Sanchez so far is pitching like a #3. I disagreed as so far he clearly is pitching like an ace. He is likely to end up putting up #2/3 type numbers over the course of the 2016 season and I would be ecstatic to get that from him.

[Jonn]

Gibbons is a genius for moving Pillar to the 8th spot. The place he should have started the season.

[Horses Fart]

Some arse on dat ball girl.

[intentional wok]

Ugh @ ball 1. Martin juggled that.

[CJ-Freeway]

Let's go Drew. Shut em down.

[Dylan]

5 outs to go!

[TilsonBritoFan]

gibbons is an idiot for putting pillar in the leadoff spot.

 

fify

[Spanky99]

Fugly, nice Storen. He's hitting 94... Hurl was right.

[Orgfiller]

That slider is filthy.

[CJ-Freeway]

He gone!

[intentional wok]

All sliders to Bogahts.

[JFD]

holy s*** that slider is wicked

[Spanky99]

All sliders to Bogahts.

 

Hah... just like a Bostonian!

[93 Jays]

Lol at wanting less strikeouts

 

What's so funny? Would you rather have had stroman k more guys the other day instead of getting through 3 inning with 23 pitches, allowing him to get to Osuna? cos if you would, you should probably follow another sport. The idea is to go 8 or 9, not go 6 and strike out 12 or 13 and ANY pitcher will tell you that flat out