Sanchez has always been somewhat of a prima donna. This is a problem when the player is a catcher. Catchers must sacrifice their body to block and Sanchez knows his payday isn’t coming from his catching skills.
Clearly, I hope he figures it out behind the dish. That being said, we need to consider the idea of getting a full time catcher for next year and shifting Gary to a mostly DH role
I think a DH is supposed to actually....hit?
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"Hating the Yankees like it's a religion since 94'" RIP Mike.
"It's also a simple and indisputable fact that WAR isn't the be-all end-all in valuations, especially in real life. Wanna know why? Because an ace in run-prevention for 120 innings means more often than not, a sub-standard pitcher covering for the rest of the IP that pitcher fails to provide. You can't see value in a vacuum when a player does not provide full-time production."
Never said to give up on him. His bat is down this year, but everyone knows it’s special, even if they don’t want to admit it. He’s now missed a month in two straight seasons and sounds like he’s about to miss another month going forward. He’s not a good blocker or framer. With the way our contracts are coming up, I’d expect us to let Gardner walk, move Stanton back into the OF full time and this opens up the DH slot for Sanchez. I still think he could catch a fair amount, but I’d rather he not be a full time catcher if he cannot stay healthy. Maybe a time split as a C in 80 games and a DH in the other. Maybe we bring in a guy who plays golf D and can hit (like Ramos, who is a FA) and he starts 100 games behind the dish while Gary stays healthy in the DH role and gets 60 games as a C.
Sanchez is rated as one of the better pitch framers in baseball. His only weakness behind the plate is blocking balls. And I guess walking slowly to get passed balls.
The Yankees troll their own starting catcher:
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/ba...724-story.html
“The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson
"When you're dead, you don't know you're dead.
It's only difficult for other people.
It works the same way for stupid."
Nice play by Gleyber.
Lots of in fighting. Terrible AB’s. No team unity. 25 buses?
NYY may fall out of WC race.
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"Hating the Yankees like it's a religion since 94'" RIP Mike.
"It's also a simple and indisputable fact that WAR isn't the be-all end-all in valuations, especially in real life. Wanna know why? Because an ace in run-prevention for 120 innings means more often than not, a sub-standard pitcher covering for the rest of the IP that pitcher fails to provide. You can't see value in a vacuum when a player does not provide full-time production."