KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Maybe Gary Sanchez is too shy to chat with first basemen. Maybe he's annoyed by first-base coach Hank Conger. Maybe 90 feet just strikes him as too short a workout.
Whatever the reason, Sanchez seems to be boycotting first base. His two-out sixth-inning double on Saturday drove in Max Kepler with an important insurance run in the Twins' 9-2 victory at Kauffman Stadium, and continued a season-long pattern.
Sanchez now has 25 hits in 2022, but only eight of them have been singles. And 10 of Sanchez's last 11 hits, dating back to May 5, have left him on second base or jogging around all four.