I've never really understand how this:
http://wpmedia.news.nationalpost.com/2012/07/aaron_loup_july13.jpg?quality=65&strip=all
is uglier than Sanchez, Osuna, Dickey, Happ, etc, let alone ugly at all really lol. He just looks rather plain.
Possibly even more than Sanchez if that pitch arsenal plays up like Blanton's did last year. He also has a 95 mph fastball as a starter so it could increase a bit in the pen. He's also thrown far less innings than Sanchez the past few years so he may contribute for longer in the pen.
I just don't understand why Dickey can't figure out how to get that amazing SwStr% from his Cy Young year back? It's not like his skills are really deteriorating since he's a knuckle baller.
He's suggesting that our rotation would have to be much better than the perception of it, if Sanchez doesn't make it. I think he's being sarcastic as well.
They probably told him, you'll only get a chance to start if you have 4 pitches that you use frequently, can throw for strikes, and can get strikeouts with.