Pedro: Sanchez will have target on back

According to Yankee nemesis Pedro Martinez, Gary Sanchez is now a marked man.

The Yankees catcher, who threw multiple punches at Miguel Cabrera during the Yankees-Tigers brawl on Thursday, will have a target on his back as a result of his perceived cheap shots, the former Red Sox and Mets pitcher said on MLB Network.

“Sanchez is going to wear it,” the Hall of Fame pitcher said before later tweeting, “Cheap shots will stay around the league forever. I think Gary Sanchez could be badly remembered for this for a long time.”

Cabrera and catcher Austin Romine exchanged words after Tommy Kahnle threw behind Cabrera with two outs in the sixth inning. Cabrera then shoved Romine before the two exchanged blows, leading to both benches clearing. Sanchez then punched Cabrera in the head after the Tigers first baseman was already down on the ground. Sanchez later delivered a sucker punch to Nicholas Castellanos. The 24-year-old catcher explained his actions after the game, saying he reacted on pure instincts.

“It’s something that happened in the moment,” Sanchez said. “It’s just a reaction of trying to protect your teammate.”

Martinez’s criticism will surely be interpreted as ironic as the Hall of Famer hit multiple batters throughout his career and openly admitted it was rarely ever an accident when he did so.

“When I hit a batter, it was 90% intentional,” Martinez wrote in his book “PEDRO,” published in 2015.

Martinez was also involved in multiple brawls, including infamously grabbing a fragile 72-year-old Don Zimmer by the head and tossing him to the ground in a classic Yankees-Red Sox brawl in 2003.

— Ari Gilberg