Gary Sanchez Gets Yankees Return Rumors Buzzing

Could the former two-time All-Star Gary Sanchez be eyeing a return to the New York Yankees? Yankees Twitter was certainly all abuzz at seeing Sanchez wearing Yankees gear in workout videos he posted on social media.

Gary Sanchez wearing Yankees gear during one of his recent workouts.

Surely Yankees Twitter will be calm about this 😂
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— 4 Train Savages (@FourSavages) February 15, 2023 

UHHHH GARY JUST POSTED ON IG 20 MINS AGO HIM IN YANKEES GEAR??? pic.twitter.com/PzrjIzVXn7

— joe (@BurdenBurner) February 15, 2023

Sanchez has fallen a long way from his All-Star seasons in the Bronx; he spent last season with the Minnesota Twins where he hit .205 with a .659 OPS and 16 HR.

In his last two seasons, he has a combined .204 average, a .294 on-base and a weak .399 slugging, for an OPS+ of 94 (6% below average). His strikeout rate is still immense (nothing new about that) at 28.2%, and behind the plate, he has a minus-9 Defensive Runs Saved.

But hey, he's a free agent, and some team that needs a catcher may be interested in giving him a shot.

The question: could it possibly be the Yankees? They currently have Jose Trevino and Kyle Higashioka pencilled in as the backstops.

If I wake up tomorrow morning with a message that Gary Sanchez is a Yankee again I might have to just pour gasoline in my eye sockets and light a match

— roseanne 🥀 (@HoodieFrazier) February 15, 2023