You Must Be Kidding...Who is This Genius?
The Giants have an $8-M option on Sanchez for ’10, which will probably be picked up. In fact, it should be. He is a fine defensive infielder who produced an excellent 6.7 UZR and 7.4 UZR/150 at the position in ’09. Even with his clear deficiencies on offense (no power, poor walk rate), he is likely to be worth those dollars because of his fielding. Indeed, despite grading out 2.3 runs below average with the bat overall in ’09, he still put up 2.2 WAR. He is definitely overrated on offense because of his batting crown, but he can pick it and earn live up to his option.



