On Saturday, I broke down the recent mechanical upgrade to Gary Sánchez’s swing, and its intended effects on his production. While Gary’s quietly continued a modest improvement since the making the change, he’s still struggling to catch up to even the slowest of fastballs.
Sánchez has now tallied 21 plate appearances since adding a toe-tap, across which he triple-slashed .263/.333/.632 entering play on Monday. While the sample is small enough to cast some doubt on its sustainability, it’s a marked improvement upon his season-long .193/.336/.386 slump.
However, Sánchez has done damage against anything but four-seam fastballs.