We New Yorkers are a curious bunch. In a city where 8.6 million people are jammed together, commuting underground amongst crowds and rats, toughness has always been a badge of honor. What we lack in weather and cleanliness, we more than make up for in grit. However, when it comes to the athletes who represent our city, that mettle turns to quick panic and short leashes. The grass is always greener.
Gary Sanchez had a down year in 2018. Plagued by a nagging groin injury and admonished for seemingly entering the season out-of-shape, the young, All-Star catcher put up an abysmal line of .