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Gary Sánchez’s power outage could be due to toning it down too much

In many ways, this season should be considered a success for Gary Sánchez. Despite it being a typical up and down season for the Yankee backstop, he has certainly rebounded from his dismal 2020 shortened season where he slashed .147/.253/.365 and the fanbase drowned in doubts about his future with the team. He ranks 12th in fWAR and eighth in wRC+ among catchers with at least 300 plate appearances.

I mentioned that Sánchez has had an up and down season thus far. He started the season with a bang, hitting homeruns in the first two games. After that, he struggled a bit and ended up with an 86 wRC+ in the first month.