The Tuesday Discussion: Enjoying 2025...

May 20, 2025

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This week we asked our writers to respond to the following:

What have you most enjoyed about watching the Yankees thus far this season?

Here are their responses...

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Paul Semendinger - The 2025 Yankees are playing a better "brand" of baseball. To date they are more fundamentally sound. The young players have brough a great new energy to the club that is no longer so old, so slow, and so one-dimensional. Things seem to all be falling into place making this a very enjoyable team to watch.

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Derek McAdam - It’s been fun watching Aaron Judge get off to a hot start, which is usually something that never kicked in until around this time of the season in years past. But it’s also been great seeing other players step up and get off to nice starts. Paul Goldschmidt has been a fantastic pickup, but Trent Grisham and Ben Rice have also had some positive moments so far this season. Cody Bellinger is beginning to hit and DJ LeMahieu has had a nice few games since his return from injury. The offense may not always be red hot, but they seem to be a better overall team from top to bottom compared to last year. However, there is still some work that can be done.

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Tim Kabel - So far, I have enjoyed watching Max Fried pitch. He is a tremendous pitcher and an amazing acquisition by Brian Cashman. I can’t wait to see him combined with Garrett Cole next season. 

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Cary Greene - I've enjoyed watching Max Fried pitch, I'm pretty stoked that the Yankees finally got a legitimate, ace level lefty starter and he's really fun to root for. Another thing I've enjoyed so far this season is that Ben Rice and Paul Goldshmidt have both been outperforming Juan Soto and quite frankly - I'd much prefer to root for and watch both of them over Juan Soto. Lastly, watching Aaron Judge do his thing as also been really fun. Can Judge continue his blistering start to the season?

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Mike Whiteman - I've really enjoyed the balance of youth and experience in the 2025 Yankees. It feels like we haven't had this in a long time. When I see guys like Dominguez, Volpe, Rice, and Wells play, I see a cumulative level of energy I haven't seen in awhile. It has been a fun season!