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Said Yost about Sanchez. As many of you know, I'm fine with qualitative analysis. But what in the hell does this mean? How does a ball come out of one's hand poorly? It seems to me you judge this sort of thing by balls and strikes. Sanchez threw a lot of balls, ergo the ball came out of his hand "badly"---whatever that means. Is Yost the King of Meaningless Coach-speak or what? - TL

more Sanchie stuff.....this time at FanGraphs.... last paragraph is this: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Yet I don’t think Sanchez’s decreased BABIP is sustainable. I’m inclined to think while it’s interesting to look at a pitcher’s batted ball results by pitch type in order to examine past performance, it is probably not a good predictor of future results. So while Sanchez produced different results in ERA with different pitch selections, his decreased BABIP and strand rate, but consistent rate statistics and constant xFIP, suggest that he has been, more or less, the same pitcher since his first full season as a starter. Barring a dramatic turnaround in his high walk rate, expect an increase in Sanchez’s ERA in 2011, possibly by a full run. -------------------------------------------------------------------- :(

This was posted over at Beyond the Boxscore. I thought everyone would enjoy the implications.

Nice write up, if you haven't seen it. Encouraging.

Bay City Ball has an excellent pitch-by-pitch breakdown of Sanchez's no hitter. Kudos to Bay City Ball!!