Gary Sanchez, Yankees catcher, has a mixed defensive reputation. He can throw, but he has problems blocking the ball. Specifically, blocking the ball with his body. He needs to block the ball with his body better.
Gary Sanchez took a foul tip right to the ol’ wild card
Right to the beans, and David Robertson is shook.
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Like this?
NOOOOO, NOT LIKE THAT.
Yeah, same. Sanchez stayed in the game, and everyone had a good laugh about it, except for Sanchez, who will shiver under a heavy blanket when he gets home. But because he stayed in the game, we get to rank this according to the BEANS Score™. It’s not a nine or 10, which would have required a doctor’s visit. We don’t touch those. This one is probably fine, so it’s fair game.
What’s the grade on this one, then?
Without the advanced X-ray technology that I’ve been trying to put in the budget for years, KEVIN, it’s hard to say. But it hit him square. It hit him hard enough to make his left butt cheek rattle around, and the reaction makes me think it got him, alright.
The quick resumption of play, though, makes me think he was shifting his infielders for a left-handed hitter, if you know what I’m saying. So I’m thinking it’s a 6.
Except David Robertson vomiting into his glove on the mound while holding his own beans out of morbid fear and phantom pain ...
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... pushes it to an easy 7.
We’re just six hours into the first postseason game of 2017, and we already have some drama. Also, the Yankees are winning by four or five runs, I haven’t watched a whole lot of it, but best of luck, Gary Sanchez.
