The New York Yankees have re-signed veteran first baseman Paul Goldschmidt, per ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Financial terms have not been disclosed.
Goldschmidt turned 38 in September and also spent last season with the Yankees, batting .274 with ten homers and a 103 wRC+ in 146 games. His age really showed last season when his hard contact rate (Hard%) dipped over ten points to 29.9%. All the more frustrating was Goldschmidt’s ground ball rate (GB%) dipped too, so one would think more balls in the air would mean better production in Yankee Stadium.
Apparently not! Paul Goldschmidt hit almost 100 points better on the road than he did in the Bronx, .