Wright out, Sanchez in?

I vote for Hennessey for the same reasons you mentioned.  We also need to find out once and for all whether he belongs in the 2007 rotation.

Bring Sanchez up in September.

I don't know anything about the physiology of the body and how it can and can't handle this that or the other, like switching from starting to short relieving to starting again.

But as a fan who is willing to cut the rope with Wright, who was only a stop gap measure in my mind with the potential that we could sell high on him at the trading deadline or offseason, I would welcome Sanchez into the rotation, he has had success at the major league level and a lot of fans are eager to see how he does.

Fair, shmair, if Hennessey was striking out guys left and right while also doing everything else his stats look like, then it would be fairer if he got the first nod, but Sanchez at least is striking out a lot of guys per IP than Brad, nearly double the rate.  

How Brad can do well with such a lousy k-rate, well, I'm waiting for the wheel to fall off, few pitchers succeed with rates like that (one with the Giants before, Rueter), and I prefer the strikeout guy, John "the Count" Montefusco remains my gold standard for a pitcher (sad, I know :^):  strikeouts and more strikeouts.  Then we won't need these gold-glove infielders who can't hit and get some bombers who can hit.

Oh, peeked at his Fangraph stats and his BABIP is lower than low, it should bounce back to .300 and kill his other stat lines, particularly his high walk rate.  He's also a little low on homers as well, so that should bump up too.  Recipe for disaster.

Not that Sanchez is that much better a picture with his high walk rate and low BABIP as well, but at least he is striking out a lot.  Looking at his in-season pattern, he first struck out a lot, dipped as teams figured him out, then pushed his way back to "normal", which is a great sign that he adjusted back against the hitters.  I would just rather bet on the strikeout pitcher to do well.

Plus I hope he'll be in the rotation in 2007, 2008 at the latest, so this would be a great audition for him, like it was for Cain last season.

This is totally off-topic, but I was looking at the league stats the other day and got to wondering: who in the world are they going to find to give the NL Cy Young to this year? Is it within the rules to go unawarded?

My vote is for Hennessey, though I would like to see the both of them + Corriea in the rotation next year. There is more than one reason for a "lousy" strikeout rate. Rueter had a poor K rate because he was a finesse lefty with below average stuff who got by on "cunning" and "savy". Hennessey has a poor K rate because he is not a strikeout pitcher, he has a nice cut and a nice sink fastball that he wants batters to hit because it'll usually get pounded into the ground. What makes Hennessey so succesful is that beyond the fact that he has good groundball stuff and good poise is that when he needs to he can muscle up a good srikeout fastball.

Don't forget that many times good groundball pitchers have more success the less they try to strikeout every batter they face...see Derek Lowe.

I commented on Alou's statement yesterday.

It makes absolutely zero sense to call up Sanchez because Hennessey's not stretched out. Sanchez has started twice for Fresno - once he didn't make it out of the 2nd inning (throwing 51 pitches total) and the second he threw five innings (74 pitches). Last time Hennessey got a spot start, he went 6 innings and threw 80 pitches.

Than anyone else.  He has been the swing man more than Hennessey has, but even going with Correia for 3, 4 innings and then going with Hennessey for 3, 4 innings wouldn't be bad either.  You're using up quite a amount of bullpen for sure, but then Wright can be in the bullpen as well.

give it to henn or correia.  It don't matter.  As stated above, this season is a lost cause.  Let the kid mature in the minors and call him up in september.

What is all the infatuation with the strikeout.  Hey it is great with a runner on third and less than two outs but after that it is overrated.

You can have all the fellas who pitch 95+ and strike out about a batter per inning - I will take the fella who rolls up wins or at least keeps his club in the game.

And who came up with the term QUALITY START as a pitcher going at least 6 innings allowing 3 runs or fewer?  Was it Scott Boras?