Paul Goldschmidt gets look as Yankees leadoff hitter against lefties

Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees from spring training TAMPA — At long last, the Yankees finally faced a left-handed starter on Saturday.With it came Paul Goldschmidt’s debut as a leadoff hitter, and it wasn’t just to get him at-bats.Aaron Boone is toying with the idea of using the right-handed hitting Goldschmidt as a leadoff man against lefty starters during the regular season, though he did not come close to putting it in pen.“We’ll see how the roster shakes out and everything,” Boone said after an 8-7 loss to the Phillies at Steinbrenner Field.“It’s definitely something I would consider.

Whether I do it, I don’t know that yet.”Austin Wells is set to be the leadoff hitter against right-handed starters, taking the opportunity and running with it in camp.But Saturday marked only the third time the Yankees have faced a lefty starter this spring, giving Boone fewer opportunities to try different things there.As it stands, the Yankees may only have four or five right-handed hitters in their lineup against a lefty: Goldschmidt (who had a .366 on-base percentage against lefties last season), Aaron Judge, Anthony Volpe, Jasson Domínguez (a switch-hitter who is better from the left side) and potentially Pablo Reyes if he makes the team as a righty platoon at third base with Oswaldo Cabrera.“That was my first time doing it, so it was kind of fun,” Goldschmidt said after going 0-for-2 with a walk.

“It was a little different, but for me, I try to take the same at-bats I always take.I’ve hit a lot of different positions, probably two through seven … in my career.

It’s not really different, no matter where you’re hitting.By the time you get in the box, you just get in there and compete, try to have a good at-bat.”Goldschmidt was playing for the first time since Monday, when he exited after two at-bats due to back soreness.

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