It’s been a while since the days of Lou Gehrig, or even Don Mattingly, or even Tino Martinez. From 2018, when the bright hope that was Greg Bird began to fade, through the end of last season, the Yankees accrued the 18th-best fWAR at first. It’s an offense-first position, and the club was 19th by wRC+. Indeed, one of the ways you could argue the Yankees haven’t been a home run-or-bust club in this era is because the main power position has been so impotent.

They signed veteran Paul Goldschmidt over the winter to be some kind of respite from veterans Anthony Rizzo and DJ LeMahieu, correctly realizing that the 77 wRC+ first base production last year was the lowest of low hanging fruit — only the Rockies and Reds got worse output from the spot in 2024. Following a scalding-hot start to the s

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