The era of Aaron Judge’s Yankees captaincy is about to kick into gear.
While pitchers and catchers have been working out at George M. Steinbrenner Field since Thursday, the rest of the Yankees’ position players will join them on Sunday when they report for physicals, ahead of the first full-squad workout on Monday.
“I don’t know if it’ll change [his day to day] that much,” manager Aaron Boone said Saturday. “I do think it’s been ratcheted up a little bit, coupled with the fact that he’s here now. Nine-year deal, he knows without a doubt, this is now his home and in a lot of ways, his team. I don’t think you’ll see that big of a change in the person and who he is and how he goes about things. But, I do think there’s that incremental step, probably, in leadership that he assumes a responsibility.
Aaron Boone said he doesn’t think the Yankees captaincy will adversely affect Aaron Judge but acknowledges it will be “ratcheted up a little bit.”The manager also said he will continue to confide in Judge, perhaps even more so, when he is considering certain things from a big-picture perspective with the team.
Deivi Garcia threw live batting practice on Saturday afternoon as he began a crucial spring, perhaps his last as a Yankee. The former top pitching prospect is out of minor league options, meaning the Yankees would have to expose him to waivers if he does not make the Opening Day roster.The 23-year-old right-hander, who made his MLB debut in 2020, split last year between Double-A Somerset and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, pitching to a 6.89 ERA with 76 strikeouts and 32 walks across 64 innings.
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