{"id":142812,"date":"2020-12-28T17:40:06","date_gmt":"2020-12-28T14:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/gary-sanchez-opens-up-on-playoff-silence-from-yankees\/"},"modified":"2020-12-28T17:40:06","modified_gmt":"2020-12-28T14:40:06","slug":"gary-sanchez-opens-up-on-playoff-silence-from-yankees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/gary-sanchez-opens-up-on-playoff-silence-from-yankees\/","title":{"rendered":"#Gary Sanchez opens up on playoff silence from Yankees"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Gary Sanchez opens up on playoff silence from Yankees<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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After the worst season of his career, Gary Sanchez said he wants to be the Yankees\u2019 starting catcher and that he wasn\u2019t given an explanation by the team for why he was benched during the playoffs.<\/p>\n

In an ESPN interview<\/a> conducted in Spanish published Monday, Sanchez said while he was told why he wasn\u2019t behind the plate at times during the shortened regular season, that was not the case in the playoffs, when he started just twice in seven postseason game<\/a>s.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen they benched me during the regular season, it was explained to me that I would catch one day and have a day off or catch two days and then have a day off to rest, [to] work on things,\u2019\u2019 Sanchez, who was replaced by Kyle Higashioka, told ESPN. \u201cThen the playoffs came along, and you start getting excited and you have all that adrenaline. I already felt I was in better form and I had so much desire to contribute to the team, to finally do something, which I did not do in the regular season. Feeling like I couldn\u2019t contribute was very hard. I always kept supporting my team. But the reality is, they never told me why I was benched. I didn\u2019t know why I wasn\u2019t playing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sanchez said prior to the playoffs, when he didn\u2019t play, he was told he\u2019d get two or three days off to \u201cget myself back together again.\u201d<\/p>\n

By the playoffs, Higashioka had become ace Gerrit Cole\u2019s personal catcher, so Sanchez didn\u2019t catch those games.<\/p>\n

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He started Game 2 against Cleveland and homered, but only started one more game the rest of the way.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter almost a week without playing, it didn\u2019t go well for me in the second game,\u2019\u2019 Sanchez said of going hitless with three striketous in an ALDS Game 2 loss to the Rays in the bubble in San Diego. \u201cActually, none of us did well in that game. After that, I thought I was going to play the next day, because it had been a very bad game for everybody. I struck out three times, but I felt like I was taking good cuts, good swings. I felt so much better. <\/p>\n

\u201cBut I didn\u2019t play. And I said to myself, \u2018What happ<\/a>ened here?\u2019 But my job is to support my team. But from then on, nobody told me anything. They just told me, \u2018Stay ready\u2026\u2019 I would have liked someone to tell me, \u2018This is what\u2019s happening\u2026\u201d and one has to understand and accept that as a man.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sanchez said he requested to talk to Aaron Boone after the season. The two had a \u201crespectful and very positive conversation\u201d and \u201ccleared things up. After talking to Boone, everything is fine.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sanchez has been playing winter ball in the Dominican Republic to make up for lost at-bats during the 2020 season and general<\/a> manager Brian Cashman said earlier this month Sanchez was \u201cthe heir apparent\u201d at starting catcher heading into spring training.<\/p>\n

But the GM this offseason has also called it a \u201cfair question\u201d to wonder what Sanchez\u2019s role will be next season after playing so poorly last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI cannot speak for the team, but I\u2019m ready to be an everyday catcher,\u2019\u2019 Sanchez said.\u00a0 \u201cRight now, I\u2019m 27 and I don\u2019t see myself as a catcher one day a week, two days a week. I don\u2019t see my career going that way yet. I know that I can play and help the team on both sides of the ball every day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last week, Cole told the YES Network he expected to work with both Sanchez and Higashioka next spring, but Higashioka caught Cole\u2019s last four regular season starts and all of his postseason outings, with significantly better results than when he pitched to Sanchez.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt first, I thought I was just getting days off,\u2019\u2019 Sanchez said. \u201cThe next time Cole\u2019s turn came up, I had had like a day or two of rest, and it ended up that I was not in the lineup catching him. And at that moment, I said to myself, \u2018I\u2019m not going to get to catch him anymore.\u2019 <\/p>\n

\u201cBut nobody told me or explained anything. I am someone who does not like to cause trouble, so I just let it go. I remained calm, because if Cole decides to choose someone, he knows what he\u2019s doing.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Sanchez said it\u2019s difficult hearing it from the fans \u2014 including the narrative that he\u2019s a lazy player \u2014 but it comes with the territory off a season like he had.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd now I have to listen to all the negative comments, everything that everyone has to say about me, because the truth is that I played badly at the plate,\u2019\u2019 Sanchez said. \u201c That is why I have to take everything anyone says. Let them say what they want; I deserve it. That will make me better and stronger.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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