Archive for the ‘Duaner Sanchez’ Category
Sitting in the Loge box at Shea, behind home plate, it was a beautiful sight to see the infielders gathered around Martínez waiting for Sánchez to come out,
Martínez gave him a little punch in the chest and told him, “Now's your time.”
“What else can you ask for?” said an inspired Sanchez, who struck out Marcus Giles.
“It couldn't be at a better place, on a better day,” Martínez said of the timing of his 200th victory.
“It was a beautiful day,” Martínez said. “And it was a beautiful night.”
In the clubhouse after the win, Martinez approached Glavine, who has
277 career victories. Martinez told the southpaw: “Look how hard it is
for me to get 200.” Then, he added: “You are special.”
Unless they really wanted to dump some money, the Kris Benson trade has been flat out terrible for us. Benson would have been a solid starter on a team that might need help down the road (Injuries? Zambrano?), plus annoying she is, Anna Benson was fun to look at, although could this trade opened up the door for the young Mr. Bannister, who has looked impressive thus far.
With all this being said our major problem has been Jorge Julio, if you are a fan of the mets there is no need to explain (4.2 IP, 11 RUNS, 15.43 ERA, .444 BA AVG). I see shades of Anthony Young in this guy. This trade will mean everything if the Mets use that extra money to pick up a top starter during the year.
Now onto the other pitcher swap during the off-season. Mr Jae Seo, who had a hot second half for the mets last year, has easily been forgotten because of Duaner “Dirty” Sanchez. (9.1IP, 0 RUNS, 0.00 ERA, 10K). Our clear-cut best setup man is making a name for himself in NY, along with the other newcomers (X-MAN, Lo “Duke” A, Del GATO, Wagner).
The Dominican is 26 years old, who made his major league debut with the Diamondbacks in June of 2002, then bounced around to the Pirates and Dodgers, until he was traded to the mets in January of 2006. Sanchez was in over 65 games each the past 2 seasons with the Dodgers posting ERA's of 3.38 and 3.73 respectively in over 80 IP's each year. Last year he had 71K's in 82IP. Good to have you aboard Dirty- hopefully we'll continue to like you by the summer.
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