![Gary Sanchez improved a great deal in not allowing passed balls last season. [Image Source: Flickr | Jeffrey Hyde]](https://staticr1.blastingcdn.com/media/photogallery/2020/1/20/660x290/b_502x220x82/gary-sanchez-improved-a-great-deal-in-not-allowing-passed-balls-last-season-image-source-flickr-jeffrey-hyde_2386775.jpg "Gary Sanchez improved a great deal in not allowing passed balls last season. [Image Source: Flickr | Jeffrey Hyde]")
With the MLB regular season just over two months away, let’s take a look at the primary catchers for each American League team.
As a subjective list, many of these catchers can almost be considered interchangeable as to where they are ranked heading into the 2020 season. Depth charts were taken from Fangraphs.
Yasmani Grandal, White Sox
Grandal agreed to a four-year, $73 million deal in the offseason, which according to Bleacher Report, is the most money that the White Sox have ever handed to a free agent. He has easily been one of the most productive catchers in the game averaging about 25 home runs and an .814 OPS over the last four seasons.
Zack Collins' work with Yasmani Grandal continues to pay dividends, only now the two friends and one-time University of Miami standouts are working as teammates: https://t.co/Tl7dCV6DfZ
— Scott Merkin (@scottmerkin) January 17, 2020
Gary Sanchez, Yankees
For someone who is often scrutinized, very few (if any) catchers are as much of a threat at the plate than Sanchez. He hit 105 home runs in 372 career games. While passed balls were a major issue in 2017 and 2018 (he had 18 in both seasons), that number cut down considerably to seven in 2019.
Spring is in the air. pic.twitter.com/GTXANxPVZX
— Gary Sanchez (@ElGarySanchez) January 20, 2020
