Since 2016, the final year of the Mark Teixeira era in the Bronx, Yankees first baseman have hit .235/.317/.416 with a 101 wRC+. No other team has had a lower batting average at that position in that span and the Yankees are bottom-three in on-base percentage and slugging percentage.

At 37, Paul Goldschmidt is the oldest player on the Yankees. But he may be one of their most durable, which is just one of the attributes the Yankees were banking on staying true when they signed the veteran first baseman to a one-year,

The Yankees are hoping the two former MVPs can make up for a “good deal” of Juan Soto’s production. Is that realistic?

Bellinger, who won a World Series with the Dodgers in 2020, has tangentially experienced some of what Goldschmidt spoke of as his father, Clay, played for the Yankees from 1999-2001. Cody has memories of his dad’s playing days, though none specifically of spring training.