The New York Yankees really want to re-sign outfielder Aaron Judge, but the latest update proves they’ll have to do more to keep him.
The Yankees will likely lose their star player, Aaron Judge, this offseason Ken Rosenthal from The Athletic (subscription required) He shared that Judge’s contract will likely be for nine years. The exact offer the Yankees made to Judge is unknown, but it was reported that “In the neighborhood of eight years and 300 million dollars.“
The San Francisco Giants are ready for this offseason, and they’ve made it clear that if they miss signing a judge, It won’t be because of the money. The Giants haven’t yet made an offer to Judge, but they’ve caught up with him and have a very real chance of landing him.
While it’s a risk to strike a long-term deal with Judge given he’s 30 and most players start to slip through their 30s, it’s a risk many teams see as worth taking since he’s had such an explosive season in 2022.
If adding an extra year and a little money to a one-time Yankees offer is what the Giants or any other team would have to do to land him, the plan isn’t so bad and some team will very likely do it. However, it is unclear whether or not the Yankees will return.
The Yankees may be out of bid for the duration of the contract
To give a judge eight years is generous, and to give him nine years is to transcend circumstance. It would be too much for any team to offer him 10 years because it would push him to 40 in the end, so it doesn’t seem like a possible transfer from the Yankees if the team bounces back with a nine-year offer.
This is sure to hurt the Yankees next season because they have a lot of room for improvement, and Judge was the most influential player in the regular season. He was among the best in the league leading several important statistical categories, including WAR (10.6), on-base percentage (. 425), slugging percentage (. 686) and OPS (1.111), For example, but not limited.
He was also in talks for the Triple Crown, one of baseball’s most prestigious accomplishments, and broke the 61-year-old record for single-season home runs with 62 homers that season.
Despite the risk of signing him to a long-term contract, he looked good for a few more years, and the Yankees simply didn’t offer him what he could get.
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