Entering Friday, Goldschmidt had a 153 wRC+. The statistic measures runs created and adjusts to league-average (100). Last season, Yankees first basemen Anthony Rizzo, D.J. LeMahieu and others combined for a lowly 71 wRC+ — the worst in the game. Aaron Boone said that he expects Goldschmidt’s power numbers could jump, too.

Paul Goldschmidt has finished in the top-3 of the MVP voting on four occasions, including winning the award in the National League with the Cardinals in 2022.No one necessarily expected that Goldy would get anywhere near those heights with the Yankees this season,

Goldschmidt’s two-out blast to right field in the fifth against Tampa lefty Mason Montgomery marked only his third homer of the season overall, but the seven-time All-Star first baseman is now batting .361 — trailing only teammate Aaron Judge’s scorching .430 mark in all of MLB — with 16 RBIs and a .906 OPS in his first 32 games with the Yanks.