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- Updated: August 13, 2016
The Yankees may not undertake a complete rebuild, but they’re definitely retooling. After trading veterans for blue-chip prospects at the end of July, they promoted slugger Gary Sanchez from Triple-A and have given him regular at-bats at catcher and DH.
Now two more of New York’s most advanced hitting prospects will make their big league debuts today against the Rays. Tyler Austin will play first base and bat seventh, and Aaron Judge will man right field and bat eighth.
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Judge is the more accomplished of the two, ranking No. 27 on MLBPipeline.com’s Top 100 Prospects list. Signed for $1.8 million as the 32nd overall pick in the 2013 Draft, the Fresno State product immediately becomes one of the most physically imposing players in the big leagues at 6-foot-7 and 275 pounds.
The 24-year-old Judge’s size, strength, leverage and huge raw power have drawn parallels to those of Giancarlo Stanton. For a guy who can drive the ball great distances, he shows admirable feel for working counts and not selling out for home runs. His approach did regress when he first got to Triple-A in 2015, resulting in career-low …
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