Crystal Ball: Gary Sanchez, C, Yankees

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

Gary Sanchez: Crystal Ball

Poll

What do you think of this Crystal Ball?

This is very optimistic

This is somewhat optimistic

Just right

This is somewhat pessimistic

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