http://www.detnews.com/2005/tigers/0503/15/01-117977.htm I think Sanchez could be a valuable addition to the Astros roster. He is a year removed from stealing 52 bases playing for both Milwaukee and Detroit in 2003... I'm not sure how good his center field defense is, but he would be a nice table-setter at the top of the lineup.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2013719 According to this article, he's bad defensively, and can't reach base except for singles and bunts. He's a career .292 hitter with a .327 OBP. I'd rather give Taveras a chance.
no, thats a major league BA. He could hit and he could fly but makes alot of mental mistakes on defense and basepaths. I would give him a shot and this would give Wily more time to develop in AAA and work on his switch hitting. Jason Lane so far in spring training has not looked good at center but Sanchez hasn't either. Maybe working with Cruz would help. Sign him up since it also wouldn't cost alot of money.
thats true but people on downside of their career become good when they put on a Astros jersey. Some examples include Carl Everett, Mike Lamb, Vinny Castilla, and Geoff Blum. I don't know why but its true.
I remember reading an article about Sanchez at Baseball Prospectus last year. The gist of the article was "Does Alex Sanchez have the emptiest batting average in major-league history?" The answer to the question was not quite, but he's right up there. Here's a quote that sums up Sanchez's game pretty well - "Sanchez's impressive ability to hit singles is neutered by his inability to do anything else: hit for power (eight extra-base hits), reach base by other means (four walks, no HBPs), or make effective use of his speed (11 steals, 10 caught stealings)." Sure he steals a lot of bases, but he gets caught stealing a lot as well - his career success rate is 68% (114/167). The generally accepted principle among those who have studied the numbers is that a player with a stolen base success rate lower than 70-75% actually costs a team more runs than he adds.
I was going to make a thread about this, too. Who cares if he hits just singles? He's a lead-off hitter..he needs to get on base. Last time I check, a single gets you on base. He's fast, does steal a lot, and even if he gets thrown out a lot, he'd easily be our best stealing threat. Adam Everett was our best last year(pre-Beltran), and that's NOT a good thing.
Then why was he released? OBP is a much better measure for lead off hitter than BA. Alex Sanchez OBP was a real stinker and that was because he does not take walks.
Sanchez OPS .721 Palmeiro OPS .690 Also, I'm thinking his poor fielding is overblown. He was hampered last year by a hamstring injury which shut him down early, but in 2003 he had a rang factor of 3.07 in 135 games, which was better than any CF's range factor in 2004 which I'm looking at right now. 2003 3.11 range factor, only 2.44 last year in his less than half a season. It sounds like he can misplay balls w/ 9 errors last year, but he would be getting to so many more than Jason Lane it would more than make up for it. Grab him if it is on the cheap <1 mill.
790 just said that the Astros had talked with Sanchez's agent, but had yet to make a decision on bringing him to camp.
Was Sanchez the one who went full-bore into the wall at Milwaukee and imploded his leg? I recall some Brewer doing that and it made me shudder. He doesn't get on base a lot, he doesn't do much when he gets on base, and he's not a great centerfielder.
He his .322 last year, why not give him a shot? I understand he's lacking in some areas, but he seems like he's worth a roster spot on a team devoid of center field possibilities.
