You watch the start of New York Yankees catcher Gary Sanchez's career and you think, "Why, yes, sometimes we can have nice things." The slugging backstop, 23, has been in the minors since he was only 17, and along the way it seemed as if he'd been given up on at least once for each of those seven seasons in the sticks. The Yankees had given him $3 million when he was still just 16, so the hype was immediate, but so was the performance—he hit right away and more or less kept hitting. There were still questions, though: He had power, but would he be an all-around hitter? He could throw, but was he a receiver? Most of all, had the big money made him such an attitude case—there was a two-week suspension in May of 2011—that he wouldn't make it to the majors at all?"Thank you, bat." @ElGarySanchez, probably. pic.twitter.com/0g3R7A86nr
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) September 22, 2016
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