Owners of Yankees C Gary Sanchez have been waiting for him to flash his second-half brilliance from 2016 all over again this year. He of course spent a little time on the DL, so the excitement unfortunately had to be delayed further still until the young backstop could be healthy again. Well, the wait may be over at long last, as Sanchez went 2-5, 2 R, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 2 K Thursday against Toronto. He now boasts a batting average of .270 and the homers were his fifth and sixth of his injury-shortened season thus far. He’s also got 16 runs, 15 RBI and a steal to his name. While he did put these two most recent home run balls in the seats of hitter-friendly Rogers Centre, that caveat shouldn’t dampen your spirits as an owner. A multi-homer game is not a feat to be qualified or nitpicked when it's coming from a bat as promising as Sanchez's, so enjoy it and keep your fingers crossed for more like it from the Dominican catcher with the .830-and-rising OPS.
Let's take a look at some of the other performances from Thursday's games:
Hey Andrew, do you still like Bour’s ROS outlook? I’m hurting for HRs and RBIs and I just acquired him.