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Gary Sanchez: Crystal Ball

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Back by popular demand: the Minor League Ball Crystal Ball, continuing today with New York Yankees rookie Gary Sanchez.

The Crystal Ball is NOT a PREDICTION in the sense of me saying "this is how the guy will turn out.". The idea is to generate discussion about a player by presenting one possible outcome for his career, based on what we currently know about him.

It is not just thrown together; I try to make them logical, based on the outcomes of players who were similar at the same stage of their career. Sometimes a CB represents a maximal outcome, sometimes it is more of a middle ground.

What do you think of this one? Can you spot the position switches, free agent signings, the injuries, and the trades?

Gary Sanchez
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K BA OBP SLG Age
2015 Yankees 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 22
2016 Yankees 53 201 34 60 12 0 20 42 24 57 0.299 0.373 0.657 23
2017 Yankees 109 404 70 112 29 1 29 78 48 99 0.277 0.354 0.569 24
2018 Yankees 33 108 11 29 8 0 4 12 8 16 0.269 0.319 0.454 25
2019 Yankees 132 508 80 143 32 0 31 101 61 125 0.281 0.359 0.528 26
2020 Yankees 147 535 83 162 27 1 44 132 71 139 0.303 0.384 0.604 27
2021 Yankees 35 119 14 30 10 0 10 29 17 37 0.252 0.346 0.588 28
2022 Yankees 152 587 79 143 29 2 23 98 54 104 0.244 0.307 0.417 29
2023 White Sox 149 565 89 162 27 1 33 100 56 125 0.287 0.351 0.513 30
2024 White Sox 127 435 61 132 24 0 27 86 51 97 0.303 0.377 0.545 31
2025 White Sox 71 264 33 86 15 0 8 41 27 49 0.326 0.388 0.473 32
2026 White Sox 145 539 71 125 23 2 27 84 62 129 0.232 0.311 0.432 33
2027 Athletics 130 487 61 121 18 0 22 79 47 108 0.248 0.315 0.421 34
2028 Mariners 80 309 37 82 17 1 11 42 29 61 0.265 0.328 0.434 35
2029 Mariners 110 389 52 117 20 0 16 60 37 81 0.301 0.362 0.476 36
2030 Angels 33 86 10 24 5 0 2 8 5 20 0.279 0.319 0.407 37
Cubs 29 31 4 5 0 0 1 4 1 9 0.161 0.188 0.258
2031 Royals 52 152 19 33 8 0 5 29 13 31 0.217 0.279 0.368 38
1589 5721 808 1566 304 8 313 1025 611 1288 0.274 0.344 0.494