Before we get to today's topic, Gaby Sanchez, I'll pass this along about Mike Gonzalez, who I mentioned yesterday. It seems he's out, and Jim Johnson may be in, for now.
Now, onto the new Sanchize.
Gaby Sanchez hasn't received half the hype of the Marlins other first base prospect, Logan Morrison, has over the last couple of years. However, Sanchez is the one in the bigs right now, and he hit a three run bomb yesterday and has checked in with a BA of .353 though his first 17 at bats. Yes, that's a very small sample size, but you could do worse at the CI position right now without question.
Sanchez has been off my radar, mostly due to the fact that the prospect writers I read haven't been overly excited about the U product. Yet, when I look at his minor league stats from the last two seasons, I see this:
2008: .314/.404./513 in 478 AB with 17 HR, 42 2B and 17 SB (AA)
2009: .289/.374/.475 in 318 AB with 16 HR, 11 2B, and 5 SB (AAA)
Certainly the stats dropped off as Sanchez moved up a level, but he has the minor league track record of someone who can hit in the majors. He also had 40 doubles in A ball in 2007. Isn't Gaby at least worth a look?
Cheers,
TFAM
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