JaysFan75

BABIP luck

His control has improved dramatically as a starter this year. If he can continue to improve his control, with the increased use of the 4 seamer and change up, he could be scary good.

BABIP luck

BABIP luck

BABIP luck

You might be right. There should have been a vote last year: 1. Sanchez is a guaranteed Ace. 2. Sanchez has potential, but needs to improve his control, and add another pitch. Has a chance to be a good MLB starter. 3. Sanchez has proven that he will never be a viable major league ballplayer (Edit: barring a miracle).

There's no broad brush. They know who they are.

Sanchez has a tool that very few pitchers have; a high nineties fastball with extreme movement. The reason that people believed that he could improve is because he has the tools to do so. Pitchers with elite tools and mediocre numbers have more potential than pitchers with mediocre tools and mediocre numbers. There has been a lot of backpedaling in this thread, but the truth is that guys were saying that Sanchez was worthless purely based on his numbers in the minors, and arrogantly ridiculing anyone who said otherwise. You can call it trolling if that helps you maintain your arrogance, but we all know the truth.

Actually, my point was that if Shapiro is able to sustain success for the next few years, then it stands to reason that AA didn't destroy the team after all.

I guess we'll have to see if the Shapiro is able to sustain success with what AA left them.

ftfy

Shouldn't this guy be in Buffalo?

I think you will most probably need to replace Buehrle via free agency or trade. Assuming Dickey stays, and one of the other guys(most likely Norris) proves he is ready, that should be enough. Obviously too early to tell, but it is quite likely if you ask me.

A little to early to tell. Norris could definitely cement his spot by the end of this season, or even one of the others.

I was just observing that as a ground ball pitcher, Sanchez might have more variation in BAPIP or "Luck" from start to start than normal. One game where most balls get hit at infielders, and another game where they all seem to go through. So far this season it seems that they've mostly been hit at the infielders. I don't think there is enough data on Sanchez to say one way or another at this point, so it's purely theoretical at this point. This wasn't my main point, just something that came out of the "Conversation". Call it searching for a narrative if you like.