Pinstripe Alley Feb 26, 2020
Yankees best Nationals in rain-shortened game, 8-2
Photo by Mark Brown/ Miguel Andujar made his outfield debut The Yankees didn’t need a full game to put up a crooked number. The Bombers routed the Nationals by a score of 8-2 in a rain-shortened, five-inning affair at George M. Steinbrenner Field. DJ LeMahieu, Gary Sanchez, Gleyber Torres, Estevan Florial, and Erik Kratz, all contributed to the fun. The first three names make you say, “Yeah, that sounds about right.” The next two? Not so much. In lieu of full-length recaps, we will run bullet-point highlights through spring training. Important contributions and players will get...
NorthJersey.com Feb 25, 2020
Gary Sanchez's new catching stance also debuted in Monday's New York Yankees game
Gary Sanchez is test driving a new catching stance in spring training, setting up with his right leg in a slightly lowered position.
Newsday Feb 24, 2020
Gary Sanchez and Gerrit Cole on same page for first start, and that positive battery is a must for Yankees to succeed
"We were pretty much in sync," Cole said. "The games don't count, but they matter, so there's some good stuff to be learned.
NorthJersey.com Feb 24, 2020
Aaron Judge's Grapefruit League debut still on hold at New York Yankees camp
Along with Gerrit Cole, the Yankees' Giancarlo Stanton, Brett Gardner and Gary Sanchez made their 2020 Grapefruit League debuts on Monday.
Pinstripe Alley Feb 23, 2020
How Gary Sanchez’s new catching stance will affect the Yankees
Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports Sanchez’s new, lower stance is the latest effort to improve his defense. As Gary Sanchez enters his fourth full season as the Yankees’ starting catcher, we’re all familiar with the annual debates about his potential. His offense is superlative among all other catchers, while his defense leaves something to be desired at times. This isn’t anything new. However, Sanchez is trying something new to try and improve his defense. According to NJ.com, Sanchez is working with new coordinator Tanner Swanson (who was with the Twins last year) on lowering his...
Pinstripe Alley Feb 20, 2020
Yankees 2020 Season Preview: Albert Abreu
Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Abreu will attempt to harness his high ceiling potential and become a contributor at the major league level in 2020. When Gary Sanchez emerged as the catcher of the present and future in late 2016 it made Brian McCann an expendable piece on a Yankees roster that was being retooled towards youth. That winter the Yankees moved McCann to the Houston Astros for two pitchers in the lower levels of the minors, Albert Abreu and Jorge Guzman. The former has been moved from the organization as part of the Giancarlo Stanton trade, while Abreu has slowly...
Newsday Feb 19, 2020
Yankees' Gerrit Cole shows all his stuff in 40-pitch batting practice session
The new pitcher has thrown mostly to catcher Gary Sanchez, but the Yankees want to get him familiarized with Kyle Higashioka.
Newsday Feb 15, 2020
Gary Sanchez takes a knee, and Yankees hope it will help
Sanchez, and the other catchers in camp, are adapting to a one-knee stance in which the right knee is placed on the ground, as taught by Tanner Swanson.
New York Daily News Feb 15, 2020
Gary Sanchez and new Yankees catching guru Tanner Swanson get down to work
TAMPA — Gary Sanchez and the Yankees are looking for balance. The catcher was praised by the front office in 2018 for his focus and ability to frame pitches at the same time he was pilloried by fans and analysts for his blocking. The 27-year-old heard the criticism and focused a little more on...
Pinstripe Alley Feb 13, 2020
NYY news: The best link roundup shape of our lives
Photo by J.Conrad Williams, Jr./Newsday RM via Gerrit Cole throws for the first time in a Yankees uniform; Boone wants to move on but understands anger in Astros scandal; Gary Sanchez has the quote of the season already; Maybin inks deal with the Tigers NY Post | Dan Martin: We made it, folks. The first phase of spring training is here, as pitchers and catchers report to George M. Steinbrenner Field. That means that we also got our first look at Gerrit Cole throwing in a Yankee uniform, and the team’s new ace got off to a good start. While it was just a bullpen session, Aaron Boone...
NorthJersey.com Feb 12, 2020
Yankees' last pitch of 2019 still resonates as pitchers, catchers report for 2020 season
Gary Sanchez put down the last signal of the Yankees' 2019 season, calling for a 2-and-1 slider by Aroldis Chapman.
Pinstripe Alley Feb 12, 2020
How the Gary Sanchez-Gerrit Cole partnership will work for the Yankees
Photo by Mike Stobe/ The pressure’s on Sanchez to get the most out of the new Yankees ace. Pitchers and catchers are back, and so too are the media microscopes, fine-tuned to analyze every long toss and every warm-up pitch of new Yankees ace Gerrit Cole. His massive presence brings added pressure to others, too, particularly Gary Sanchez, whose skill and effort behind the plate have long been sources of polarization among fans. After Cole joined the team in December, fans and media speculated the Yankees might acquire Martin Maldonado, who acted as Cole’s personal catcher for the...
Newsday Feb 12, 2020
Yankees catcher Gary Sanchez on protecting against sign-stealing: 'Wow, what do we have to do?'
Sanchez, as a catcher of course, is at the forefront of the battle to protect signs.
Pinstripe Alley Feb 4, 2020
Best case scenarios for NRIs, through the lens of 2019
Photo by Gregory Shamus/ The 2019 one was an impressive exhibition of the Yankees’ depth. What could 2020 have in store? In 2019 from a position player perspective, everything the Yankees touched turned to gold. Giancarlo Stanton, Aaron Judge, Gary Sanchez, Luke Voit, Didi Gregorius, and Miguel Andujar all missed pretty significant time during the season, yet the team still had one of the best offenses in baseball. They also broke or challenged all sorts of records in the process. That’s because they managed to get legitimately good, unexpected contributions from the likes of Gio...
