Yankees Talk: Gary Sanchez On Dealing With Pressure

The runner-up to the 2016 AL Rookie of the Year Award isn’t worried about failing in his first season as the Yankees everyday catcher.

On Monday afternoon, dressed in his home pinstriped No. 24 Yankees jersey, Gary Sanchez took time to meet with fans and talk to media about the upcoming baseball season. At Bullpen Deli Twin Donut, just around the block from Yankee Stadium, Sanchez sounded poised for a monster Sophomore campaign as he made delicious looking sandwiches.

Through a translator Sanchez said:

Obviously, only time will tell if Sanchez is able to fully build off of one of the most electric debuts in baseball history. After all, in the grand scheme of things, 53 games is a small sample size to contend with.

But the Yankees clearly believe in the 24-year-old backstop who has already drawn comparisons to a young Ivan Rodriguez. As early as last September, in the midst of almost singlehandedly keeping the Yankees afloat in the AL Wild Card race, general manager Brian Cashman waxed poetic about Sanchez while on The Dan Patrick Show.

As long as Sanchez can keep a level head going forward, and receives even a slight uptick from those batting directly in front and behind him in the order, there is no reason to think that Sanchez won’t surpass the astronomical numbers he put up a season ago.

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