The New York Yankees have put together a terror squad for the 2024 Major League season with the additions of outfielders Juan Soto and Alex Verdugo and pitcher Marcus Stroman.
The main question with the arrival of ‘La Fiera’ is what his place will be in the batting order when the team has a great hitter like Aaron Judge. The doubt for manager Aaron Boone is almost non-existent.
The Yankees manager participated in the ‘Foul Territory’ podcast and declared that, after thinking about it all the time, he hopes to be able to use Soto as the second hitter and Judge as the third hitter.
“Right now, probably Juan at the 2 and Judge at the three,” Boone said. “We still have doubts about first place, we will see what will happen. “I’m excited for DJ (LeMahieu) and I hope he gets back to being the player he was in the second part of the season.”
The manager also considered moving Gleyber Torrers or Verdugo to first place because he believes he has enough offensive options.
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Juan Soto’s projection for the 2024 season
Soto is one of the best left-handed hitters in the Major Leagues and getting his third Silver Slugger last season confirms it. According to Baseball Reference projections, Juanjo is expected to have 138 hits, 28 home runs and drive in 84 runs in 497 at bats with a batting average close to .287.
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2024-01-21 00:50:19
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