Gary Sánchez

Gary Sánchez

Sánchez playing for the Tampa Yankees, 2012
New York Yankees – No. 72
Catcher
Born: (1992-12-02) December 2, 1992
Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic
Bats: Right Throws: Right
MLB debut
October 3, 2015, for the New York Yankees
MLB statistics
(through 2015 season)
Batting average .000
Home runs 0
Runs batted in 0
Teams

Gary Sánchez (born December 2, 1992) is a Dominican professional baseball catcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Professional career

Sánchez was signed by the New York Yankees as an international free agent on June 20, 2009 for $2.5 million.[1] Prior the 2010 season, Baseball America ranked him as the Yankees seventh best prospect.[2] He began his professional career playing for the Gulf Coast Yankees. On August 18, 2010 he was promoted to the Staten Island Yankees of the Class A-Short Season New York–Penn League.[3] He finished the season hitting .329/.393/.543 with eight home runs and 43 runs batted in in 47 games.

Sánchez in his first major league at-bat

Prior to the 2011 season, Sánchez was ranked among the top prospects in baseball.[4][5][6] He was rated as the second best prospect in the Yankees organization and 30th best prospect overall by Baseball America.[6][7] He spent the season playing for the Charleston RiverDogs of the Class A South Atlantic League. He played in 82 games before suffering a season ending finger injury.[8] He finished the season hitting .256/.335/.485 with 17 home runs and 52 runs batted in.

Prior to the 2012 season, Sánchez was ranked as the Yankees fourth best prospect by Baseball America.[9] He began the 2012 season with Charleston, and received a midseason promotion to the Tampa Yankees of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League.

Sánchez began the 2013 season with Tampa. After batting .254 with 13 home runs and 61 RBIs, the Yankees promoted him to the Trenton Thunder of the Class AA Eastern League on August 3.[10] He was added to the Yankees' 40-man roster after the 2013 season.[11] Sánchez began the 2015 season with Trenton, and was chosen to represent the Yankees at the 2015 All-Star Futures Game.[12] After the Futures Game, the Yankees promoted Sánchez to the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders of the Class AAA International League, where he hit a home run in his first at-bat.[13]

After the conclusion of the RailRiders' 2015 season, the Yankees promoted Sánchez to the major leagues.[14] He made his major league debut as a pinch hitter on October 3.[15] The Yankees included him on their 25-man roster for the 2015 American League Wild Card Game.[16] The Yankees then assigned Sanchez to the Arizona Fall League (AFL) after the season.[17] He was named the Fall Stars Game Most Valuable Player, and the second-best prospect in the AFL by Baseball America.[18] As a result of his strong season, the Yankees felt comfortable trading fellow catcher John Ryan Murphy during the offseason.[19]

References

  1. ↑ SOURCES: YANKEES SIGN DOMINICAN CATCHER GARY SANCHEZ FOR $3.1M
  2. ↑ Manuel, John (December 16, 2009). "Baseball America New York Yankees top 2010 prospects". Baseballamerica.com. Retrieved October 12, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Warren steals the show in action-packed night". Riveraveblues.com. August 19, 2010. Retrieved October 12, 2013.
  4. ↑ MLB.com. "MLB.com's 2011 Top 50 Prospects list". Mlb.mlb.com. Retrieved October 12, 2013.
  5. ↑ "News & latest headlines from AOL". AOL.com. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
  6. 1 2 "2011 Top 100 Prospects: 21-40". Baseballamerica.com. February 23, 2011. Retrieved October 12, 2013.
  7. ↑ Manuel, John (November 10, 2010). "Baseball America New York Yankees top 2011 prospects". Baseballamerica.com. Retrieved October 12, 2013.
  8. ↑ Craig Williams (August 15, 2011). "New York Yankees’ Gary Sanchez Out for Season with Broken Finger". Rantsports.com. Retrieved October 12, 2013.
  9. ↑ Manuel, John (January 4, 2012). "Baseball America New York Yankees top 2012 prospects". Baseballamerica.com. Retrieved October 12, 2013.
  10. ↑ Marchand, Andrew. "Top prospect promoted to Double-A - Yankees Blog - ESPN New York". Espn.go.com. Retrieved October 12, 2013.
  11. ↑ "New York Yankees add top prospect Gary Sanchez to 40-man roster". New York Yankees. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Prospects Aaron Judge and Gary Sanchez to represent Yankees in Futures Game". NJ.com. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
  13. ↑ Heneghan, Kelsie (July 18, 2015). "Sanchez homers in first Triple-A at-bat: Yankees No. 7 prospect drives in three runs in RailRiders debut". MiLB.com. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Yankees call up hyped Gary Sanchez: What you need to know". NJ.com. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Yankees stomped, 9-2, by Baltimore Orioles - Rapid reaction". NJ.com. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
  16. ↑ "Yankees, Astros set 2015 AL wild-card game rosters". CBSSports.com. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
  17. ↑ "Yankees' Gary Sanchez heating up in AFL". Major League Baseball. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
  18. ↑ "Where Yankees' Gary Sanchez ranked among Arizona Fall League prospects". NJ.com. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
  19. ↑ Harper, John (February 10, 2016). "GM Brian Cashman takes the Daily News inside the Yankees’ offseason trades". New York Daily News. Retrieved February 11, 2016.

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