Two years before they became Yankee teammates, Paul Goldschmidt and Aaron Judge spent a few hours together in Tampa, Fla.

Paul Goldschmidt went through a miserable first four months last year, including a career-worst 0-for-32 slide that ended with a May 11 ninth-inning single to avoid his first five-strikeout game.

The first baseman was signed after Juan Soto jumped to the Mets, and also brought in were lefty Max Fried, closer Devin Williams, reliever Fernando Cruz and Cody Bellinger.