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Joe Maddon and Tom Verducci discuss the Yankees' challenges without Aaron Judge and the evolving role of catchers in baseball.

Joe Maddon and Tom Verducci discuss how the Yankees move forward without Aaron Judge for at least a couple of months.  Tom reveals what he learned from a conversation with manager Aaron Boone. As a former catcher, Joe comments on the current state of catchers and the surprising batting averages around MLB.  Plus, players have to adapt to the game as they get older.  But how has analytics changed that process? The Book of Joe Podcast is a production of iHeart Radio.   #fsr See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Hosts: Joe Maddon, Tom Verducci

Topics covered

• Yankees
• Aaron Judge
• catchers
• batting averages
• analytics
• adapting to the game

Keywords

• Yankees
• Aaron Judge
• analytics
• catchers
• batting averages
• Aaron Boone
• baseball

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Organizations: Yankees, iHeart Radio

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