After his first seven games in the Arizona Fall League, Yankees catching prospect Gary Sanchez finds himself as the league leader in homers (4) and RBI (14) for the Surprise Saguaros.  

 The start to his fall campaign is eerily similar to the one Greg Bird had last season, when he also led the AFL in homers and RBI’s at this juncture. Bird, of course, went on to win the league MVP award.

On Saturday, the 22-year old Sanchez turned in his third straight multi-hit game by going 2-for-5 with a double, a homer and four RBI against Glendale. Sanchez has had multi-hit efforts in five of the seven games that he played in this season to put his average at .467 overall. 

Yankees prospect Ian Clarkin, who made just his second start in 2015 on Saturday, earned his first victory since 2014 by going four innings against the Desert Dogs. Clarkin scattered seven hits, three of which were infield singles, and allowed three earned runs, two of which were surrendered by reliever Chaz Hebert after Clarkin was pulled from the game. 

In two starts this week, Clarkin has pitched eight innings in total; he’s allowed four earned runs on 11 hits. He has fanned four and walked six over that span. At this juncture, the Yankees are primarily concerned with the health of their southpaw rather than the results on the mound.