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Arizona's Bauer Goes Out

by R.J. Anderson

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Designated LHP Jonathan Sanchez for assignment. [7/17]
Optioned OF-R Jason Bourgeois to Triple-A Omaha. [7/17]
Recalled RHP Vin Mazzaro and LHP Ryan Verdugo from Triple-A Omaha. [7/17]

This is what it looks like when a combustible starter implodes. Sanchez performed worse than even the unkindest of projections, almost as if he took them as a challenge. His 7.76 ERA is higher than the sum of his previous two (7.33), and he allowed one fewer home run than last season in 48 fewer innings. We knew it could be bad, just not this bad. The write-up of the Sanchez-Melky Cabrera deal concluded, “New pitching coach Dave Eiland will swoon over Sanchez during spring side sessions but, once the games start to count, could find himself heartbroken by the results—particularly if Sanchez’s earned run average conforms to the company his quality start rates keep.”

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