MLB.com’s Brian Murphy listed Goldschmidt as one of the biggest position upgrades i n the sport this season, and it’s hard to argue. Goldschmidt owns a 152 wRC+ through the first month, a dramatic +76 point improvement over the Yankees’ first base production last year (76 wRC+). That mark was the second-worst in all of baseball.

The New York Yankees to Camden Yards for a crucial early-season series versus the Baltimore Orioles. What are we betting on in this AL East rivalry clash?

Japanese right-hander Tomoyuki Sugano, a 35-year-old rookie, pitched five shutout innings against the first-place Yankees, who were unlucky in the sixth when Orioles center fielder Cedric Mullins reached over the center-field wall to turn a two-run homer for Paul Goldschmidt into an inning-ending out that preserved a 4-0 lead.