The Yankees’ 6-foot-7, 282-pound slugger has suddenly turned into their starting center fielder and leadoff man.
And Aaron Judge is thriving wherever the Yankees put him these days.
The MVP candidate has moved from right field to center for 12 of the Yankees’ last 16 games, proving to be plenty capable of roaming the middle of the outfield, and then spent the weekend batting leadoff in each of the last two games against the Cubs — in which the Yankees piled up 26 runs.
“He’s kind of, I think, enjoyed the leading off and playing center thing,” manager Aaron Boone said with a grin Sunday before the Yankees completed a sweep of the Cubs.