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- Updated: August 6, 2016
NEW YORK — Gary Sanchez isn’t in the Bronx to observe.
As Yankees manager Joe Girardi has repeatedly said over the four days since the team’s No. 5 prospect was called up from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, the Yankees are going to find a way to get Sanchez into the lineup as often as possible. For the second straight day, the Yankees achieved this by slotting Sanchez in as the catcher on Saturday.
But lining Sanchez up at catcher creates a bit of a logjam for Girardi. At the moment, the Yankees are carrying three catchers on their roster, with Brian McCann and Austin Romine still options on any given day. And, as seemingly difficult as it may be, Girardi insists all three will gets reps behind the plate.
“Like I said, [Sanchez is] here to play,” Girardi said. “So he’s going to play. The other guys are going to play, as well. But he did a nice job last night.”
At a cursory glance, keeping three catchers on …
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