As we begin our Yankees 2021 preview series, we start with one of the elephants in the room: Gary Sánchez needs to have a great year.
He knows it, the fans know it, and the New York Yankees players and front office know it. General manager Brian Cashman didn’t mince his words last month when discussing why Sánchez was benched in favor of backup Kyle Higashioka in the playoffs.
“I think the whole world knows why he was benched,” Cashman said in an interview with WFAN.