Spot the Trend

by R.J. Anderson on May 27, 2008 11:35 PM EDT Comment 16 comments

First off, while it's fresh,Gary Glover needs to go.

To avoid redudancy on Sonnanstine let me provide you with all you need to know about the issue with his performance tonight:

Balls	Strikes	Pitch	Result
0	2	Fastball	Double
0	0	Fastball	Double
1	1	Fastball	Single
0	2	Fastball	Double
0	0	Slider	Single
2	2	Curve	Single
0	1	Fastball	Double
0	1	Cutter	Single
0	1	Change	Single

To make things even more clear:

via 38.99.108.6

Moral: Sonnanstine cannot be wild, nor should he throw his fastball in 0-2 counts. Bad start. Bad game.

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If this were the Mariners, I'd say

”...whatever, they’ll just replace him with someone more annoying.”

by JI on May 28, 2008 12:34 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Quit sticking up for him, Sonny lover...

by rglass44 on May 28, 2008 1:15 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Sonny doesn’t have the stuff to be a major league starter. He’ll keep you in some games, maybe even dominate a couple, but he just takes you out of too many games. Maybe he’ll develop what is needed. But throwing the ball essentially down the middle 85 MPH is not going to be a recipe for success. Heck I could get a hit off of that.

by matthan on May 28, 2008 9:00 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

He is his own worst enemy

He throws too many strikes. When you have command like Sonny and are up 0-2 on a hitter, the last pitch you should throw is a fastball near the strikezone. Changeups low, sliders low and away, fastballs really in on the hands, etc. He threw 0-2 pitches belt high last night and people got solid wood on it.

Sonny belongs in the pen as the RH equivalent to Howell. 1-2 inning spurts when walks cannot be tolerated.

by Jason Collette on May 28, 2008 11:11 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I agree, but Sonny does not have “command”. He has control, but not command. He puts pitches in the general vicinity to where he wants them, but he doesn’t put them where he wants them on a consistent basis. Hence why when he misses he puts it right in the middle of the dish. A pitcher with command rarely if ever puts a pitch where Sonny routinely puts it. His problem is he misses towards the middle of the plate belt high instead of away from the plate and low.

by matthan on May 28, 2008 12:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs