Paul Goldschmidt admits he ‘got exposed’ last season as Yankees bet on bounce-back
NY Post
Normally, when a team signs a player just two years removed from winning an MVP award, there aren’t many questions about how he’ll play in the near future.
But there is some doubt about how Paul Goldschmidt, signed to a one-year, $12.5 million deal by the Yankees to fill their first base spot in 2025, will fare in The Bronx.
After falling off from his 2022 MVP performance the following season in St. Louis, Goldschmidt cratered in the first half of last year before rebounding in the latter part of 2024.
At 37, just what kind of player are the Yankees getting as they look to boost their lineup in various ways in the wake of Juan Soto’s departure to the Mets in free agency?
“I didn’t play well most of the year, and there are no excuses for that,” Goldschmidt said Thursday on a Zoom call.
He blamed his poor start, which included a .592 OPS as late as May 20, as well as an OPS that didn’t break .700 until late August, on being pitched to differently than he had earlier in his career.
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