No one saw this coming. Not GM Brian Cashman, not manager Aaron Boone, probably not DJ LeMahieu, and certainly not Gio Urshela. But, the two Yankees are in a battle for the American League batting title. DJLM signed with the Yankees as an established player, a veteran of nine big league seasons. Gio entered the season with a .225 lifetime batting average and a career-high slugging percentage of .330. His pedestrian numbers were amassed in only 167 big league game.
The 2019 versions of DJLM and Gio are very different from their past performances.