Ryan Sadowski

 This was A BIT of an upgrade over Joe Martinez and Ryan Sadowski.  (By the way, sorry to see the team designate the "Big Sadowski" for assignment - we barely knew you.

  Back to the present...Penny had all of his pitches, fiddled with the curve ball to steal a few strikes here and there.  Good slider and very well placed fast ball at varying speeds.  The line on Penny:  8 IP, 5 H, 1 BB and 2 K's in just over a hundred pitches thrown.  He struck out Victorino on a down-and-in 97 MPH "see ya" fastball early in the game.  I think he got the Phillies attention with that pitch, and another called strike three on Ryan Howard - but Howard strikes out so much that his teammates must be numb to it by now and just look at the positives (37 homers and 112 ribbies).  I also like Penny's attitude on the mound.  Can we call him a "red ass" and mean that in a good way?  He has maturity, has pitched in big games, AND HE CAN'T WAIT TO PITCH AGAINST HIS OLD TEAM THE DODGERS, YES!...

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 The combination of Joe Martinez and Ryan Sadowski has not been the answer.  Too bad things have gone so terribly wrong for Noah Lowry - remember him?  I was kind of hoping to see Lowry eventually return from injury (as well as some legal allegations made against the Giants' medical staff), and grab that number five slot.  

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 The uncertainly of Randy Johnson's health status, and the inexperience of Ryan Sadowski in general might lead one to believe that Sanchez is just too valuable to trade at this point.

  Listen...all players go through slumps, but as solid as Sergio Romo performed in the first half, it has been slightly alarming to watch him fail to record a SINGLE OUT over his last two appearances.  Romo is a perfect six-for-six; that is, six consecutive hitters allowed to reach base (and all six scored by the way).  That's six runs added to the old ERA.  Justin Miller appeared very rusty in relief of Romo Monday, and promptly surrendered a three-run home run to Ryan Church.  Bobby Howry, who has been buried on the bullpen depth chart, didn't do much to improve his status, allowing a couple of late runs - one of which was earned. 

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  The "Big Sadowski," Ryan Sadowski didn't have his best control with four walks allowed, as well as his first two earned runs in three starts.  Sadowski worked five innings, gave up five hits, three runs (two earned), walked four and struck out four. Sadowski has posted an ERA of 1.00 with only today's two runs allowed in 18-total-innings of work.  The bats were completely silenced by Volstad, while Merkin Valdez in relief served-up a three-run bomb to Dan Uggla, his 16th homer of the season.  As appealing as Uggla may be in a possible trade scenario, I would have to say that he strikes out way too much and needs to think more about his batting average (.223 after today) and on-base percentage, (around .332) rather than his home run count. Hey, I'll take two out of three over the "fish," but it sure would have been fun to see super stud short stop Hanley Ramirez.  Ramirez, an all-star starter, missed his fourth consecutive game with a hip injury.  Oh well... The Giants are 26-and-15 since Memorial Day, and welcome San Diego for a four-game weekend series.  The Padres are a team on the ropes and already willing to trade some of its pieces, including Scott Hairston to the A's.  Tim Lincecum gets the ball Thursday night, and looks to match fellow all-star Matt Cain with 10 victories.

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 Ryan Sadowski looked poised, and tossed six solid innings, reminding me of a young-looking John Burkett.  He got the win, allowing only four hits and three walks while striking out two.  Yes he got the run support as the team avoided a sweep, but the question I kept asking myself  - "What does this mean for Sanchez?"  Well, if anyone hung around for the very end of a 7-to-0 victory, they saw the lefty enter the game as a reliever in the 9th inning and just blaze guys.  The line on Sanchez:  One inning pitched, no hits, NO WALKS, and three strikeouts!  Yes, dominant!  Is his future in the bullpen?  Would it be better to limit his pitch count before he gets into trouble?

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