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Is Gary Sanchez Still the Favorite to Become the Yankees’ Backup Catcher?

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Gary Sanchez has gone hitless in his first ten at-bats this spring.

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But, according to Ryan Hatch of NJ.com, Joe Girardi is not worried about Sanchez’s slow start.

“‘I think he’s given tough at-bats,’ Girardi said last weekend of Sanchez, Hatch wrote. ‘His timing is a little bit off. I don’t make too much of it.'”

When the Bronx Bombers opened spring training last month, Sanchez was expected to win the backup catcher job.