{"id":72463,"date":"2020-09-22T06:47:57","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T03:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/yankees-shouldnt-pair-gary-sanchez-with-gerrit-cole-in-playoff-opener\/"},"modified":"2020-09-22T06:47:57","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T03:47:57","slug":"yankees-shouldnt-pair-gary-sanchez-with-gerrit-cole-in-playoff-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/yankees-shouldnt-pair-gary-sanchez-with-gerrit-cole-in-playoff-opener\/","title":{"rendered":"#Yankees shouldn\u2019t pair Gary Sanchez with Gerrit Cole in playoff opener"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Yankees shouldn\u2019t pair Gary Sanchez with Gerrit Cole in playoff opener<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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\n BUFFALO \u2014 This is not your 2016 Gary Sanchez anymore.<\/p>\n

This is not your 2017 Kyle Higashioka anymore.<\/p>\n

This is not your 2000 Major League Baseball anymore.<\/p>\n

Therefore Aaron Boone shouldn\u2019t lose a wink\u2019s sleep over a decision that he seems to have rendered already: If circumstances allow the playoffs to begin next week, Higashioka should start the opener as Gerrit Cole\u2019s batterymate.<\/p>\n

Because Sanchez, as you know, has slipped. Because Higashioka, you may not know, has risen. And because the evolution of roster deployment as well as this year\u2019s unique rules make catching depth essential in 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cEspecially if we\u2019re fortunate enough to get through the best-of-three scenario, then you\u2019re talking about a potential five game<\/a>s in a row [in the American League Division Series], followed by a potential seven games in a row [in the AL Championship Series] with no off days,\u201d Boone said Monday, before the Yankees registered their second straight stinker, an 11-2 loss to the Blue Jays at Sahlen Field. \u201cSo I think it even adds to that. Your backup catcher needs to play a role in that scenario.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Kyle Higashioka (l.) shakes hands with Gerrit Cole.<\/span>Robert Sabo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Boone acknowledged that \u201cprobably\u201d Higashioka would catch Cole here Tuesday for the ace\u2019s regular-season finale, the fourth straight pairing of these two. In their first three joint ventures, Cole posted an 0.90 ERA, striking out 27 and walking five over 20 innings, although he lost the first game (Sept. 5 at Baltimore) when he gave up four unearned runs after a Thairo Estrada error.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I can work with pretty much anybody,\u201d said Cole, who has tallied a 3.91 ERA in eight starts throwing to Sanchez. \u201cI think there are some things that have worked out in the last few starts that may lead the manager to lean one way or the other. But ultimately it\u2019s not my call, and I\u2019ll be ready whoever\u2019s back there. I think both backstops that have caught me this year have done a great job, and whoever catches me going forward will continue to do great work.\u201d<\/p>\n