Is that why he has the second best ground ball percentage? Because everything is up? That makes a shitload of sense!!!!
I've loved Sanchez for a long time now and I've always felt he will develop into a front line pitcher. Don't get me wrong, he has a long way to go, but even with how raw he still is, he's still doing well at this level against major league hitting.
He needs to develop a change that he can slow down to about 86-87mph and once he harnesses that? He can easily be a number 1 for a lot of teams. People tend to forget that he's still only turning 24 next month and although I understand peoples impatience with his walk rate, the fact still remains that he has that out pitch with that sinker. His curveball is developing nicely and he's gaining confidence with it and hopefully he does the same with his change. Right now, other than Estrada, he's out pitching everyone else to this point and I think he's going to get a lot better.
Just a shame we didn't keep Noah... Having him in our rotation right now and take out Dickey?