MLB.com’s Brian Murphy listed Goldschmidt as one of the biggest position upgrades i n the sport this season, and it’s hard to argue. Goldschmidt owns a 152 wRC+ through the first month, a dramatic +76 point improvement over the Yankees’ first base production last year (76 wRC+). That mark was the second-worst in all of baseball.

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