TAMPA, Fla. -- In the Yankees' clubhouse, Aaron Judge sticks out like an adult at daycare. At 6-foot-7 and 255 pounds, he's hard to miss, even with his locker tucked deep into a near corner.

But Judge's personality is almost the opposite of his body: The right fielder is bashful, almost quiet until he feels comfortable, constantly observing what's around him with a pleasant smile.

So when Judge was asked recently for details about what appear to be substantial changes to his swing, the club's 23-year-old top hitting prospect sounded like he didn't want to make a big deal of them.

"Just something to help with my timing," he said.

If they work, they could pay dividends.

One look at Judge's stroke from when he was with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre last season and a glance at what he's doing now is plenty to see the difference.

A righty slugger, Judge appears to have taken his hands away from his right shoulder and raised them. He also has added a left leg kick that raises hit foot inches higher off the ground than it'd ever been.

Here's a look at his swing from July:

And here it is now:

Watching Aaron Judge in batting practice just keeps getting better and better.https://t.co/K5b4896ezT — YES Network (@YESNetwork) March 1, 2016

Hitting coach Alan Cockrell confirmed the changes. Cockrell said Judge appeared to have implemented them while working at the organization's minor league complex here in the offseason and while at Captain's Camp -- a weeks-long program for the Yankees' priority prospects.

Cockrell said Judge worked closely with minor league hitting coordinator James Rowson. One of their main goals: pitch recognition.

While Judge lived up to the hype as a homer-hitting, yet nimble athlete at Double-A Trenton last year, he scuffled a little at Triple-A. At the highest level of the minors, Judge faced pitchers for the first time who had been to the majors and know how to pitch backward. In other words, they threw curveballs in fastball counts and stayed away from Judge's strengths, leading him to hit just .224 in 61 games.

Known within the organization as a tireless worker, Judge believes he'll adjust at Triple-A this season.

Rowson agreed. The coordinator said Judge was the driving force behind his changes, though coaches and instructors helped along the way. The discussions about the changes happened early in the offseason, when Judge had time to "decompress" and review his campaign.

"We just talked about what we thought was good and what wasn't," Rowson said. "Once we got to talking about that, we said, 'Let's go out and put it together.'"

Ranked the Yankees' top prospect by MLB.com and No. 3 overall by Baseball America, if Judge can produce like he's capable at Triple-A, it might not be long until he ends up in New York.

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