New York Yankees: Predicting 2018 Opening Day Outfield

With a number of the New York Yankees’ top prospects getting major playing time this season, the team has turned its eye toward the future. Just a year from now, a few of these players will be household names in the outfield of Yankee Stadium.

The New York Yankees have surprised nearly everyone in baseball this season. A team that was supposedly entering a rebuild looks more like a team destined for postseason ball. They’ve done this in quite the impressive fashion.

The team got off to a blistering start in the early months of the season, compiling a stellar 38-23 record by mid-June.

Of course, this hot start was followed by a horrific team slump that saw the Bombers go 7-18 to finish the first half.

Now, the team is back in first place with a healthy record of 56-47. This resurgence has been led by the likes of rookie Clint Frazier and the hot bat of Brett Gardner.

Even though phenom Aaron Judge has slumped, the Yankees look more like the April and May version of the team.

When taking Frazier’s hot start and Judge’s talent into mind, it’s fair to start pondering next season’s potential outfield arrangements.

With $153 million man Jacoby Ellsbury playing second fiddle to Frazier, it’s becoming more and more likely that the 2018 version of the Yankees outfield will look very different.

Let’s see what the crystal ball says.