After being one of the best fastball hitters in the majors in his breakout 2017 campaign, Gary Sánchez has devolved into one of the league’s worst. Despite having slightly more success this season than in last year’s putrid campaign, it’s not due to his improvement against fastballs. In fact, to date Gary’s yet again had the worst performance of his career against four-seamers.
Gary Sanchez
Far too often, Sánchez finds himself so late to fastballs, in fastball counts, that he ends up fouling them off or swinging and missing entirely. I’ve discussed the mechanical culprit for Sánchez’s tardiness before this season, and I don’t intend to do so again, especially considering that he’s made an adjustment over the past week.