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Gary Sanchez’s bat is still elite

Back in November I wrote about how Derek Jeter was simultaneously overrated and underrated - his talent made him so well known that people eventually picked apart his career and declared him to be worse than he was. That makes me think about the way we talk about players, and how important context is in evaluation, especially for more statistically minded people like myself.

Which brings us to Gary Sanchez, quite possibly the Yankee most discussed since the rise of the Baby Bombers. At his best, Gary is a nearly unique force in baseball, and at his worst.