TAMPA — Sunday marked the first game of spring training for the Yankees, as well as their first experience playing with the redesigned baseball MLB is using this season that many believed won’t travel as far as in recent seasons.
Very early results were mixed.
There were some balls hit during batting practice, Aaron Judge said, that didn’t have as much distance on them as he and his teammates expected.
But in the game, a 6-4, seven-inning loss to the Blue Jays at George M. Steinbrenner Field, Judge hit one to deep center that surprised him by how close it came to being a homer.
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