The St. Louis Cardinals are looking to embrace the youth movement, but letting Paul Goldschmidt walk will have a ripple effect beyond his on-field impact.

I didn’t play well most of last year,” Goldschmidt said on a Zoom conference call Thursday afternoon to discuss the one-year, $12.5 million contract he agreed to late last month to be the Yankees’ first baseman in 2025.

Goldschmidt is coming off the worst year of his career, but he thinks some second-half changes can help him with the Yankees.