Gary Sanchez #24 of the New York Yankees - (Photo by Mark Cunningham/MLB Photos via Getty Images)
The New York Yankees draft featured their second first-round pick in the last three years spent on a catcher to compete with Gary Sanchez.
There have been a lot of questions surrounding the Yankees’ selection of Austin Wells in the first round of the 2020 MLB Draft on Wednesday night. The second catcher taken in the first round over the last three years? Why not take a pitcher, considering New York had to surrender its second- and fifth-round picks as compensation for signing Gerrit Cole?