Is Center Field Becoming Baseball’s Ultimate Defensive Fortress?
Wait, you might already be thinking, New York Yankees superstar Aaron Judge (and his MLB-best 208 raw value+) was the AL MVP and one of the best players in the majors last year. And he mostly manned center field. The fact that New York’s brain trust announced its intent to move Judge back to right field early in the offseason, then executed moves to make it so, speaks to the larger tectonic change that might be afoot.
The perennial contenders just went to the World Series with the world’s best hitter playing center field. They could plausibly find and play a lesser defender with a better bat to play a corner outfield spot as Judge roams a premium defensive spot. Yet that’s not what they chose.



Post Comment