Which Yankees hitters changed the most in 2017?

Last week, we delved into which Yankees pitchers changed the most in 2017. Not changed in the sense that their WAR increased the most, but changed in the sense that their underlying games showed up different last year. Masahiro Tanaka essentially started pitching backwards, while Aroldis Chapman became hittable for the first time in his career.

It stands to reason that the Yankees also saw plenty of change on the position player side. Let’s waste no time and dig right into which hitters changed their game the most, starting with the most obvious, biggest, most profoundly thunderous baseball boy:

Obviously, any player that submits an MVP-caliber year just one season removed from looking lost…