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.

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.

The New York Yankees were dealt a massive blow when they lost Gerrit Cole for the season. The team’s ace would have to miss the entire year with Tommy John surgery, and it’s not easy to replace that kind of production.