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Aaron Judge passes first test in center field

TORONTO — Aaron Judge starting in center field is a big deal mainly because he is a big deal — and, of course, just plain big.

Six-foot-7 guys play center in Division III basketball, not the majors.

But Aaron Boone was faced with a puzzle, and the solution was simple — and 6-foot-7. Boone’s two main center fielders — Aaron Hicks and Jacoby Ellsbury — are on the DL. And the Yankees manager was determined not to overtax his 34-year-old third option, Brett Gardner, with four straight starts on the unforgiving turf at Rogers Centre.

So because Gardner’s numbers were poor against Toronto starter Marco Estrada (6-for-39, .