Trouble a-brewing for Ol' Dirty Sanchez?
Baggarly reports in today's Mercury News that Jonathan Sanchez was none too pleased about being lifted in the fifth in yesterday's W.
Left-hander Jonathan Sanchez said he couldn't understand why Bochy lifted him in the fifth inning after he issued a one-out walk to Chase Utley and Ryan Howard hit a game-tying triple.
"I thought he was just coming out to talk to me," said Sanchez, who had thrown 89 pitches. "It's not like I'm getting hit around. They got one good hit, Howard's (triple). That's it."
Got to side with Bobblehead Boch on this one. The quick hook was more than warranted after Sanchez grooved a belt high 0-2 fastball to a slumping Howard that he hit for a 420 foot triple.And this wasn't an aberration: Sanchez had issued 5 walks in 4.1 IPs for a total of 9 baserunners. If Boch doesn't limit the damage right there and then, Giants most likely don't have a chance in the later innings.
Furthermore, O.D.S. hasn't earned the right to air his grievances with the manager to the media. Love ya, but keep the trap shut and channel that energy into throwing strikes, bud.
- Within that piece is a preview of tonight's Zito-Oswalt mismatch, er, matchup tonight as a good 'Stros team hits town.
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You walked the pitcher with the bases loaded. Enough said.
I thought the same thing when I read that in the Merc too.
I also thought that this is not a good sign when the pitcher doesn't know why the hell he got removed, hello!, 5 walks in his short time out, not that many strikeouts, how much more does he need to know this simple fact?
That might explain why he has struggled to put it all together the past couple of seasons. Some fans have blamed the Giants for holding him back by bringing him up so fast, but if a pitcher doesn't understand such an elementally simple thing as "walk too many, sit down!" then I think he's got a bit of the "headcase" syndrome and just haven't been listening to his coaches, and that would have happened whether he was at the majors or in the minors.
Still, you take your chances with the headcase who can strike out 10 batters in short order, than the soft-tosser who would be lucky to get 10 in 2-3 starts.
I think Sanchez/Zito are proof that lefties are just plain batty.
Speaking of, Shawn Estes picked up his 100th W last night.
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