Although Judge makes sure to say “there’s no replacing Juan Soto” Grisham has given the Yankees an alternative to Bellinger, whose fly ball/home ratio (8.9 percent) is the worst of his career.

We’ve got good depth up and down this lineup right now,” Aaron Judge said, “and everyone is feeding off each other.”

After Soto signed with the Mets, the Yankees pivoted and used part of the money to sign Max Fried and Paul Goldschmidt, and trade for Cody Bellinger. Fried has been arguably the best pitcher in the league this year and Goldschmidt has been a revelation at first base. Bellinger, after a slow start, has been very good the last 2-3 weeks.