5 questions left unanswered by Brian Cashman, Aaron Boone and Hal Steinbrenner

2. Does Gary Sanchez Have a Future With This Team?

The Yankees gave conflicting responses on Gary Sanchez.

Gary Sanchez has yet to play in more than 122 games in a single MLB season. He’s batted .200 since the start of 2018. His defense has hardly improved (it’s still bad). He was benched in favor of Kyle Higashioka for a majority of the 2020 postseason. Fans have expressed their discontent with him, to put it nicely.

However, Boone and Steinbrenner were optimistic about Sanchez’s prospects in 2021. They believe he’s yet to reach his ceiling and can still contribute in a big way to this lineup.

Cashman? Not so much, it seems. Here are his thoughts on the matter.

So with those conflicting responses, what does that tell us? Will Sanchez simply be platooning with Higashioka? Will he be traded? The man was booed in spring training this year, so a trade could very well be on the way given how drastically he’s fallen out of favor with the fanbase.

But the Yankees are not ones to do business in that manner. They’d likely be hard-pressed to deal Sanchez when his value is near rock bottom only to watch him rake for another team. Then again, Sanchez is another redundant player in this lineup. He hits home runs (though they’re usually not timely), he doesn’t hit for average, and he strikes out a ton.

So, to answer your question, we still don’t know what will happen with El Gary.