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The Yankees\u2019 experiment with Paul Goldschmidt hitting leadoff turned into more than a spring training one-off.<\/p>\n
With the Yankees facing their first left-handed starter of the season in Nestor Cortes when they resumed their series against the Brewers, manager Aaron Boone gave his Game 1 lineup a complete overhaul \u2014 and that included the 37-year-old Goldschmidt opening a game at leadoff for the first time in his career.<\/p>\n
And it immediately paid off. <\/p>\n
Goldschmidt homered to left field to start the game before Cody Bellinger and Aaron Judge each homered for three straight homers to start the game. <\/p>\n
Goldschmidt, who inked a one-year deal in the offseason to become the Yankees\u2019 new first baseman, hit leadoff during a March 22 Grapefruit League game against the Phillies with lefty Jes\u00fas Luzardo on the mound, but Boone was noncommittal at the time about his plan for the regular season.<\/p>\n
On Saturday, that became clear \u2014 at least for one game.<\/p>\n
\u201cNot necessarily,\u201d Boone said pregame when asked if Goldschmidt will hit leadoff against all left-handed pitchers. \u201cKinda depends. This is a little unique in who we\u2019re facing and how they\u2019re aligned and everything. \u2026 I mean, we could look up in a month or two and somebody else has kind of emerged to become the more natural leadoff spot, but we\u2019ll see.\u201d<\/p>\n
Catcher Austin Wells \u2014 a left-handed hitter \u2014 led off the Yankees\u2019 season-opening win against the Brewers on Thursday, and he launched a homer during his first at-bat. <\/p>\n
Boone said the Yankees would\u2019ve hit either shortstop Anthony Volpe or Goldschmidt at leadoff Saturday, and he also considered stacking righties at the top of his order.<\/p>\n
He settled on Goldschmidt \u2014 even though Volpe started 76 games as the Yankees\u2019 leadoff hitter in 2024 \u2014 and gave him a heads-up Friday night before sending out the order, which also included Volpe hitting fifth and Wells in the No. 6 spot. <\/p>\n
Pablo Reyes, who earned one of the final bench spots despite opening the spring as a non-roster invitee, earned the nod at third base over Oswald Peraza and hit seventh. <\/p>\n
Third baseman Oswaldo Cabrera and designated hitter Ben Rice, both lefties, went to the bench, with switch-hitter Jasson Dom\u00ednguez serving as the Yankees\u2019 designated hitter in the No. 8 spot and lefty Trent Grisham hitting ninth while playing center.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s fired up for it and ready to go,\u201d Boone said of Goldschmidt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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