Aaron Leinhardt is the new analytics man for the New York Yankees

Aaron Judge rubbed the magic lamp, and the genie appeared to grant his wishes.

In early October of last year, just a few days after the New York Yankees’ season ended without making it to the playoffs for the first time since 2016, the team’s captain, Judge, gave an interview where he suggested that their front office should make changes to the way they were analyzing the game. Despite being known as a politically correct player with no scandals to tarnish his career, Judge was straightforward with his message. He pointed out that their use and valuation of analytics needed to be reevaluated. He didn’t think they were overloaded, but rather that they were looking at the wrong numbers and undervaluing certain players who others might consider to be worthless.

While the hitter Juan Soto captured the spotlight by becoming the Yankees’ great acquisition during the winter, behind the scenes, the New York office reviewed multiple resumes to find the person who could fulfill the wishes of their captain.

After an extensive search, the answer was found inside the house. The Yankees have decided to promote Aaron Leanhardt, a physicist who has been working within the organization since 2018, albeit in positions with little impact. Aaron Leanhardt is a graduate of the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

“I’m excited about it,” Judge told The New York Post this week. “He’s in a good role as an analyst who serves as a barrier between us and the analysis. From what I’ve seen so far, he does a good job of channeling information. “I think the guys are going to love it.” Before becoming involved with the Yankees, Leanhardt already had something to say about baseball, although his experience was more related to scientific language.

While at MIT, he worked on a NASA-funded project where he managed to cool sodium gas to the lowest temperature ever recorded.

It’s difficult to determine if that study will have any effect on the Yankees. However, Aaron Judge has no doubts about the kind of person who is now leading the team’s analysis. Judge jokingly said that he is definitely the smartest guy on the team, and teased that he still hasn’t shown his Nobel Prize to him yet. Judge thinks he will save it for a nice meeting or something.

Baseball passionate

As previously mentioned, Leanhardt is not new to the Major League Baseball industry. He started his coaching career in 2017 and has worked as an assistant in the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League in New Jersey, as well as a hitting coach and recruiting coordinator at Dawson Community College in Montana.

Aaron was primarily responsible for providing batting practice knowledge. Zax Fieroh, who previously held the Yankees’ lead analyst position, was reassigned to make way for Leanhardt to take over.

Aaron Boone, the New York Yankees’ coach, recently praised the team’s new analytics manager for his great work ethic and love for baseball. Although the manager has an analytical understanding of everything, it was his ability to apply his intelligence to the game that got Boone’s attention. However, the team’s record last season was not impressive. The Yankees finished second to last in the American League East with a record of 82-80. One of the biggest shortcomings was their hitting, as they had an average of .207, second to last in all of Major League Baseball, with an OPS of .304.

Leanhardt has a Ph.D. in physics from MIT and spent seven years as a physics professor at the University of Michigan. This will be his seventh season in the Yankees organization.

Will he be the one who can break the World Series drought?