Anibal Sanchez, Is He Any Good?

Yes.  Yes he is.  He seems to be a good value play as a free agent this off-season.  He doesn't have the glitz and glamour but he has the arm and a solid group of comparable pitchers for his three most important skill based peripherals.  While his K/9 is down from his 2011 campaign, he did walk less batters and raise his GB/FB ratio.  Anibal Sanchez is going to make some team a nice little starting pitcher.  Who will be the lucky suitor.

Top 20 Most Similar Starting Pitchers

Rank	Name	K/9	BB/9	GB/FB
NA	Anibal Sanchez	8.29	2.49	1.37
1	Josh Johnson	7.87	3.05	1.52
2	Clayton Kershaw	9.26	2.34	1.27
3	Roy Halladay	8.03	1.73	1.51
4	Justin Verlander	9.01	2.18	1.09
5	Cole Hamels	8.71	2.06	1.36
6	Ryan Vogelsong	7.33	3.02	1.21
7	James Shields	8.55	2.32	1.59
8	Josh Beckett	7.46	2.62	1.08
9	CC Sabathia	8.81	2.12	1.56
10	Vance Worley	7.51	3.10	1.35
11	Madison Bumgarner	8.32	2.09	1.41
12	R.A. Dickey	7.82	2.18	1.43
13	Matt Garza	8.68	2.83	1.42
14	Chris Carpenter	7.15	2.03	1.49
15	Felix Hernandez	8.62	2.33	1.68
16	Mat Latos	8.18	2.80	1.18
17	David Price	8.75	2.52	1.61
18	Yovani Gallardo	9.00	3.19	1.41
19	Edwin Jackson	7.50	2.78	1.35
20	Zack Greinke	9.17	2.32	1.64

Note: Peripherals are 2011 and 2012 stats, with the 2012 stats carrying a weight of 5 and the 2011 stats carrying a weight of 3.