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Salpointe shortstop Donny Sands (13) waits for Sunnyside's Joseph Molina (4) to get to the bag to pick him off after he broke too soon on a two-out full count in the second inning of their DII state playoff game at Hi Corbett Field, Thursday, May 14, 2015, Tucson, Ariz. Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star

Salpointe gradΒ Donny SandsΒ is at the New York Yankees fall instructional league camp this week, working with, among others,Β Alex Rodriguez. The Yankees are making Sands a catcher; he was mostly a shortstop/pitcher at Salpointe in 2015 before the Yankees made him an eighth-round draft pick. Sands finished the season with a batting average of exactly .300, catching for Pulaski of the rookie Appalachian League.


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