Anibal Sanchez

pose to be a vaunted, albeit young, pitching staff with Josh Johnson, Chris Volstad, Ricky Nolasco, Anibal Sanchez, and Andrew Miller has deteriorated rapidly. Sanchez is currently on the DL after a terrible start to the season saw him go 1-4 with a 5.55 ERA, Nolasco is just returning from the DL and his season didn’t start much better as he compiled a 2-6 record and an ERA of 8.17. Miller had his own stint on the DL, but is a more tolerable 2-2 with a respectable 4.31 ERA. In fact, among the entire rotation, Johnson and Volstad have been the saving grace. Johnson has a 5-1 record, a 2.63 ERA, and 72Ks to his credit this season. Volstad has been good in his 2nd year with a 4-5 record and 3.65 ERA.

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As a result we have seen such promising pitchers as Josh Johnson, Anibal Sanchez and Sergio Mitre have their careers derailed because of over use.

I would expect to see more of the same this year with Scott Olsen and Andrew Miller. Miller would be in the minors this season with his innings closely monitored if he were still with the Tigers, but Florida will rush him to the Big Leagues and probably pitch his arm into the ground. Florida’s lack of pitching is especially disappointing as they may be one of the more intriguing teams offensively with five players in Hanley Ramirez, Dan Uggla, Josh Willingham, Jeremy Hermida and Mike Jacobs who are capable of potentially hitting 25 home runs each this season.

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