He didn’t go anywhere, but for long stretches of 2018, it felt like disappeared.
On the surface, it was a brutal year for Sanchez. He hit just .186 with 18 homers, a far cry from his .278/.345/.531 slash line of 2017. Gary never really settled into a groove at the plate, and it showed.
Defensively, he also regressed. Sanchez lead the league in passed balls despite playing in only 89 games, missing chunks of time with a recurring groin injury. The low point occurred on a July night in Tampa, when Sanchez failed to run out a ground ball that ended up costing the Yankees the game.