Andy Sonnanstine Poor in 2009 Debut

by R.J. Anderson on Apr 10, 2009 10:01 PM EDT

Tonight's start was possibly the poorest I've seen from Andy Sonnanstine. It extends beyond the results - as it always does. His fastball was positively flat, as was his slider, so much so poor ol' Gameday doesn't really know what to call either:

Sonnanstine1_medium

Whatever that cluster of pitchers around the y axis is, they didn't move much, if it all. Combine that with below average velocity and you have a problem. That's not going to fly in the majors or anywhere else, and especially not against a pretty good offense. His curveballs seem to have done decent for the most part and his new found change was - well - missing. Six of them thrown, two went for called strikes, three for balls, and a foul. Maybe the advanced change didn't come into play tonight, but I'm still wildly skeptical that there is an advanced change.

As for his control:

Sonnanstine2_medium

That's really not Andy Sonnanstine at all. He missed the zone quite a bit, and when he did find the zone, it was served on a plate to the hitters. Somehow, Sonny did get four swinging strikes, but even then you can chock it up to the hitters simply missing high fastballs/cutters.

Awful start tonight, Sonnanstine has New York next. Do better Andy, you have in the past, many times.

Tweet Comment 5 comments | 0 recs |

Do you like this story?

Comments

Wondering

whether anyone can throw an 86 mph change-up, gameday called that found it interesting.

by CB,DT,LB,OR DE is what we need on Apr 10, 2009 10:10 PM EDT reply actions

Likely a misclassified fastball.

by R.J. Anderson on Apr 10, 2009 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions

...so that is what caused gameday to crash.

by walkoffwalk on Apr 10, 2009 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions

With that being said

Things to note in MILB:

1) D.Price’s start was postponed due to rain-uhh.
2) D.Jennings hit a double today- his only hit of the day which scored a run.
3) A.Rodriquez(Aneury) not looking so good- 3 IP, 6 hit, 6 ER, 3BB,0 SO, 1HR allowed to make a grand total of 18.00 era-still his first start so let’s keep an eye on him.

by CB,DT,LB,OR DE is what we need on Apr 10, 2009 11:16 PM EDT reply actions