On paper, the New York Yankees’ outfield is one of the team’s biggest strengths. It boasts a perennial MVP candidate, a major power source, an all-around solid center fielder, and some familiar bench options. As is often the case with paper projections, though, the actual story of what ended up happening in 2018 is much different than what was expected.
In reality, the Yankees’ outfield faced good deal of hardship in 2018, mostly due to injury. Aaron Judge missed two months, Giancarlo Stanton had such a bad hamstring that he couldn’t regularly play the field, and Jacoby Ellsbury and Clint Frazier missed most of the year with injuries.