When I watch Sonny pitch... I get the impression that he is most effective when he works out of the zone and he's good at that. If the batters are not biting he's gonna walk a few more and this will increase his WHIP and force him to live on the edge from time to time. It's what he needs to do to be successful and he has been successful.
On the plus side... he's not giving up the big fly's because he does a good job staying out of the happy zone and he is striking out quite a few batters because they are chasing.
Do I think Sonny could have righted the ship and hung a zero in the 5th? I do.
Should a manager warm up an arm in the bullpen after he walked 3 batters in the inning? I think a manager should.
If you get someone in the bullpen warmed up... do you sit him back down? Most managers don't because it's hard on the bullpen to do that sort of thing.
I think Sonny needs to get used to this sort of thing because of the way he pitches and I want Sonny to know that I think he is doing great.