We are not here to predict that Ben Rice is in the same trajectory as Aaron Judge, or anywhere nearby, for the case.
But Judge knows something about taking some packages in his first taste of the big leagues and returning to the year 2 with revenge.
“I think it’s like a test,” Judge said before this season began, in the light of the number of young players that the Yankees were depositing to take important steps forward, including Rice.
“After a small practice exam, you see the test, you see what is going to happen, see what you are going to face, what the routine, the routine is. It simply helps you prepare for the next season. Before people have to go, but until you move away those lines and reality of what it is.