If it was surreal and weird to see a shorn and clean-shaven Andrew McCutchen in pinstripes leading off and in right field for the Yankees at the Stadium on Saturday afternoon against the Tigers, it was comforting to see Gary Sanchez resume his rightful role behind home plate after a 37-game stay on the disabled list.
But the feel-good vibe around the catcher’s return will last only if Sanchez can become a facsimile of the feared middle-of-the-order presence he was his first two seasons in crushing 53 home runs in 672 at-bats with a .923 OPS and a .