A journalist's work on Joe Strauss Eduardo Sanchez appears among the hot topics stltoday.com site, the most visited information portal in St. Louis. Since Wednesday, when it debuted in the big leagues, the right of Maracay has become an event within the Cardinals organization.
The recruit struck out five batters in two scoreless innings during his debut on Wednesday against the Diamondbacks. Something had happened in 1919 only once and went back to 1960 (Chuck Estrada, Baltimore). On Saturday, Sanchez continued his impressive pace and guillotined three in one chapter against the Dodgers, to add eight in three innings. Unprecedented action in higher for relievers in each of his first two outings have not worked more than two innings, according to Baseball Reference.
Until Saturday, the 11 rivals who had faced just Gerardo Sánchez Parra (grounder for the second), Justin Upton (double) and Marcus Thames (single), managed to make contact and put the ball in play.
A domain that has fired up the pitching coach of the Cardinals, Dave Duncan, as stltoday.com. "He threw 94-95 mph. His pitching was broken there. He threw strikes. You can not ask more. "
nearly six years ago, did not accompany the fanfare Sanchez. In fact few organizations were interested in signing him.
"heard his name for the first time, thanks to Luis Garcia, one of those independent scouts always try to convince you that they have a good player. I was about to turn 16 years old, measuring 5'10 (1.78 meters) tall and very skinny. I asked if he was left handed. When I said no, I said, 'then it must have very good arm. If so I do not care if one of the dwarfs in Snow White '. " Sánchez
placed his fastball between 85-86 mph and 15 days after the first tryout was prowling the 88-89 mph.
"His arm is the one who always wants to see a scout. I was impressed with the flow, so the ball left his hand. His fastball was explosive and although it had a broken pitching set, I noticed a good feeling with the curve and change. At that age with a 75-76 mph curve could project what is now called slurve. Truly remarkable. Was a potential major league arm, a body that at first did not have that projection. But remember that when I recommended your firm, I wrote in my report that reminded me of a young Francisco Rodriguez. Then recruited by an acceptable bond and there's the guy. "
In 32 years of experience as a scout, Brito led Minnesota to four Venezuelan pitchers who came to the elderly (German Gonzalez, Richard Garces, Juan Carlos Pulido and Juan Rincon), but Sanchez is the first thing you do in 11 years with St. Louis. "I always had good vision with the pitchers," he smiled. "Sanchez will be a long time back with the Cardinals."
Law, who signed for less than $ 50 000, is also the first product of the program of the organization in the Caribbean, since Jeff Luhnow international department was in charge of search and selection of talent in 2004.
"Always dream with the time and we wondered who would be the first. Now we have the answer, "said Luhnow to stltoday.com.
Sanchez, 22 years old, began his impressive rise in 2009, first as a closer at Double A and then as a setup in triple A. He noted incipient broken pitching Brito as a teenager is now a sharp slider that combined with his powerful straight rights to get rid of that last year he hit just .157 in the league of the Gulf Coast.
This column appeared in the daily El Nacional on April 18, 2011
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