Watch: Sanchez clubs ball off scoreboard in batting practice
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Gary Sanchez sends one off the scoreboard during BP. @Yankees @CBSNewYork pic.twitter.com/T1K5CiBvnW
— Otis Livingston (@OlivingstonTV) February 16, 2017
He is Gary and Gary seems in fine form ahead of the 2017 season.
The New York Yankees phenom took batting practice at the club's spring training facility and is already launching bombs off scoreboards.
Sanchez's power, which landed him in baseball's record books after tying Wally Berger as the fastest player to hit 20 home runs in only 201 at-bats, wanted everyone to know the bomb was a sign of things to come.
Just getting warmed up. / Apenas estamos calentando. https://t.co/89flQqfRmT
— Gary Sanchez (@ElGarySanchez) February 16, 2017
The 24-year-old enters 2017 as the undisputed starting catcher for the Bronx Bombers and will look to build off his historic rookie campaign.
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