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New York Yankee Player Profiles: Gary Sanchez future Yankee great?

There is probably no New York Yankees player that is more controversial than Gary Sanchez, you either love him or hate him according to how you see him. Some see him as a miserable failure as a backstop, and others see him as the most powerful catcher in MLB history. As I see it, neither is entirely true, but I will say his improvement this past year is remarkable.

On December 2, 1992, Orquidia Herrera gave birth to a baby boy down in the Dominican Republic. That boy was Gary Sanchez. His parents separated when he was young, and he, his three brothers, and one sister were raised by their mother and Grandmother Agustina Pena.