Aaron Judge

Yankees All-Star right fielder Aaron Judge reiterated to reporters on Friday that he not interested in discussing a contract extension during the season.

The Yankees are expected to contend for the AL East crown in 2022, and Judge is the centerpiece to making that happen. The Yankees reportedly offered Judge a new contract that would have paid him more than $233 million. Judge gave the Yankees a deadline of Opening Day for the two sides to reach a contract extension.

Aaron Judge addressed his contract situation after an Opening Day victory, making it clear he's open to negotiating with other teams at the end of this season.

"I'm just disappointed because I think I've been vocal about being a Yankee for life, I want to bring a championship back to New York, I want to do it for the fans here," he said. To turn down a deal that would end up exceeding $230 million is quite the gamble for Judge, though. Therefore, his contract for this season is yet to be determined. "At the end of the year, I'm a free agent. What Judge did get into, however, is his openness to enter free agency after this season. New York and their three-time All-Star did not agree to a long-term deal—something both parties have publicly stated they hoped to accomplish—prior to first pitch on Opening Day.

The New York Yankees said they failed to reach an agreement with Aaron Judge before his deadline to reach a long-term deal by opening day and hope to resume ...

"I think it's a little over-exaggerated that it didn't get done right now." "He's the ultimate teammate," Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. "I want to bring a championship back to New York. I want to do it for the fans here. "I talked to Gardy a little bit about it. And so — certainly our hope is that at some point we'll find that common ground that we both feel comfortable with, but the timing obviously on that is not going to happen right now." "He's probably the biggest leader in that room, and he's an amazing player that wants to go out and be great and wants nothing more than to be a part of a championship club. "I know that the intent on both parties would be to stay here. "Obviously, our intent is to have Aaron Judge stay as a New York Yankee as we move forward, and I know that's his intent, as well, which is a good thing." But like I said, we weren't able to get it done and now it's on the baseball." "Nobody likes going in that courtroom," Judge said. "They say some stuff that I wouldn't want to hear and we say some stuff that they don't want to hear. "I'm just disappointed because I think I've been vocal about I want to be a Yankee for life" he said.

Aaron Judge aurait refusé une prolongation de contrat de sept ans avec les Yankees de New York qui lui aurait rapporté 213,5 M$ dès 2023.

L’an dernier, il a montré sa meilleure moyenne au bâton avec ,287, frappant 158 coups sûrs, dont 39 longues balles, pour une production de 98 points. Ils devront en discuter à nouveau au terme de la présente campagne. Judge est l’un des joueurs vedettes des ligues majeures depuis ses débuts en 2016.

While Judge has been firm that Opening Day was his deadline, there's nothing official to that, and given the arbitration situation, his agent and the team are ...

With Gallo also an impending free agent, the 2023 Yankees' outfield depth chart currently consists of … Stanton and Aaron Hicks. Since the Yankees don’t have an outfielder currently above A-ball among their top 15 prospects, reinforcements are unlikely to come internally. What if Judge does reach free agency? Yankees fans probably expected both, that a big-ticket free agent would arrive and that Judge would be extended. Seven seasons in, he’s shown MVP-caliber production along with continued injury problems; he’s contributed 22.5 WAR, or just over 3 WAR per season. Second, the Yankees have not added any star position players in their primes of late, choosing not to sign Carlos Correa, Corey Seager, Marcus Semien or Freddie Freeman, or trade-and-extend Matt Olson, settling instead for much lower-level moves, all this after not previously signing Harper or Machado in years past. That’s … it, which does point to how rare a player like Judge has been historically, and how this may not be enough information to really tell us what his future looks like. On the surface, the offer seems reasonable enough -- with an enormous caveat that we’ll get to shortly. Where does it leave them -- and Judge? Judge is listed as being 6-foot-7 and 282 pounds; given the uncertainty about those years-old figures, let’s look through history for all players 6-foot-6 and up or and 250 pounds or higher, seeing how they’ve done from their age-30 season onward. Just last year, George Springer, then 31 and comparable to Judge in terms of accomplishments, received six years and $150 million from the Blue Jays. Teams have made it exceptionally clear how much they value youth. While Judge has been firm that Opening Day was his deadline, there’s nothing official to that, and given the arbitration situation, his agent and the team are all but obligated to speak in the coming weeks anyway. Actually, they again don’t have a deal; when the Yankees avoided arbitration with 11 of their 12 eligible players last month, Judge was the 12th, meaning an in-season hearing is coming up unless the sides can agree first.

Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said the team offered an eight-year contract worth $230.5 million to $234.5 million, the difference to have been ...

“I think it’s a little over-exaggerated that it didn’t get done right now.” “He’s the ultimate teammate,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “Obviously, our intent is to have Aaron Judge stay as a New York Yankee as we move forward, and I know that’s his intent, as well, which is a good thing.” “I know that the intent on both parties would be to stay here. “I talked to Gardy a little bit about it. "They say some stuff that I wouldn't want to hear and we say some stuff that they don’t want to hear. "I want to bring a championship back to New York. I want to do it for the fans here. And so — certainly our hope is that at some point we’ll find that common ground that we both feel comfortable with, but the timing obviously on that is not going to happen right now.” But like I said, we weren’t able to get it done and now it’s on the baseball.” I can talk to 30 teams and the Yankees will be one of those 30 teams,” Judge said. Cashman anticipates talks will resume after the season. “I’m just disappointed because I think I’ve been vocal about I want to be a Yankee for life" he said.