After batting .147 with a 68 wRC+ and a 36% strikeout rate in 2020, New York Yankees‘ catcher had to expect the writing on the wall as the team advanced to the playoffs, even if he said over the offseason that he deserved an explanation for his postseason benching.
But now, he is trying to leave 2020 in the past and instead focus on a promising 2021 season, one in which the New York Yankees are, once again, the favorites in the American League to advance to the World Series.
Yankees’ general manager Brian Cashman said during the offseason that the catcher job in 2021 was Sanchez’s to lose, so the Kraken entered spring training with the mindset of a starter.