FanPost

Sluggers Aaron Judge and Gary Sanchez are leading the way for the new Yankees

http://baselinetimes.com/aaron-judge-gary-sanchez/

Sanchez technically made his debut for one game in May, but he made the team for good on 8/3. Judge came up shortly after on 8/13. Going from 8/3 till now, Judge is 6th in wRC+ at 167, and Sanchez is 8th at 161. That puts them ahead of stars like Josh Donaldson (156), David Ortiz (154), Kris Bryant (151), Nelson Cruz (151), Paul Goldschmidt (146), Miguel Cabrera (140), Bryce Harper (140), and many other excellent hitters. The only players above them are guys just hitting out of their minds like Freddie Freeman (204), Mike Trout (196), Adrian Beltre (176), Jung Ho Kang (175), Joey Votto (171), and Alex Avila (167).

For the Yankees lineup, this youth revolution has been a big change for them compared to a few seasons before. In 2015, the Yankees had many old position players with big contracts taking up space on the roster such as Mark Teixeira, Alex Rodriguez, Carlos Beltran, and Brian Mccann, with little youth outside of Greg Bird and Didi Gregorious. Now, just two years later, the Yankees have Judge, Sanchez, Hicks, Castro, Gregorious, all 27 order younger, all with a wRC+ of 125 or higher outside of Bird.

FanPosts are user-created content and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Pinstripe Alley writing staff or SB Nation.