NEW YORK -- Yankees manager Aaron Boone's relentless public praise for catcher Gary Sanchez' defense began early into spring training.
The message being spread again and again was Sanchez has been making big improvement from last season when his AL-leading passed balls and errors by a catcher led to a lot of fan and media criticism ... too much as far as the Yankees are concerned.
Anyway, this feel-good story of the Yankees All-Star catcher making strides at becoming a more complete player in his third season perhaps has hit a roadblock this week.