Relief pitchers are a special kind of fun.
Time and again, a good one will emerge seemingly from nowhere and just be unhittable. Yes, you could look back to their minor league records and make conclusions you saw this coming way after the fact, but how many pitchers struggle in that transition to the bigs? Most?
Such is the case with Nick Sandlin. We’ve seen him for 4.1 innings. He’s thrown 56 pitches. And yet, I am immediately enamored of this rookie, and feel like he’s going to be a demon to hitters for years to come.