Gary Sanchez got through his rehab game without apparent incident.
Mission completed. Even if the means for surviving that game were comical.
Low-A Charleston welcomed the on-the-mend Yankee on Monday, a one-game tuneup before he could chart a plane to California on Tuesday and be activated for Wednesday’s matchup against the Angels.
All he was tasked with was to show the Yankees he, after a left calf strain, was healthy enough to play.
He’s definitely healthy enough to jog.
Five innings of Sanchez’s RiverDogs tenure produced a few funny Sanchez moments, including a check-swing bloop toward shortstop, which took him a few seconds to get out of the batter’s box and a few more seconds of meandering toward first.